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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1916)
T pnvT-d r- -T "T3 -H'r ''-'? '"t- ' Bt ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY, BUT YOUR SIDE IS ALWAYS THE RIGHT SIDE !. ? i , PAPER THAT " am A CLEAN WHOLESOME NEWSPAPER FOR ALL SOUTHWEST OREGON HOMES BELIEVES IN IHtutai AND ALWAYS BOOSTS MEMBER OK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GJttoa mnn vol, No. XXXIX. gun is IE THROTTLED liver Thaw Comes and Stops Traffic and Hreans uuwn Telephone Wires flf IS BEAUTIFUL cnnriitinn?; arc tirowlnn torse and Damage So Far IS 3iuu,uuu b TRAINS UP COLUMBIA Ubonnil nml Westbound Trnhis Are Held H! I')- Snow Wlios, Pules nml l'rult Trees Broken Dohii by Weight of L'o ioj aw ii rw u i'v" "y Tn"'! fPOKTIiAND, Ore., Feb. 2. Kn-. hied In Ico. I'ortlniiil today In bo lt- throttled In a silver tliuw. 'I no lly and surrounding country Ib Lnlflccntly licaiillful In Kb hII- itrcoitlng, but already tbc dnmngo intimated to exceed $100,000 anil bniiltlons oro rapltl'y growing tone. 1 Tclcphono fcrvicu Is demoralized, flrts, poles and fruit trees bolng irrled down by tlio weight. All bins up tho Columbia Ittvor aro hnullcd and all castboiiml and wost- ound trains aro snowbound. Tho pbools aro closed. SKATTIii: TIKI) UP kirct Car Traffic In That City Stops IB; AiillJ Tint to Cnu ll7 TltnM.J BEATTf.t:, Wash., Fob. 2. Know III ill last night and today 20 Inches l( snow lay on tho ground. Ex- pt for t few down-town linos, no Itrect cars aro being operated. hitKTO IIKKDSI'OIIT l?l.l."J AND 70 CIIXTS TO LAKKSIDi; between IVIininry I," nnd Mnj-ih I Will See .Motor Car Itiiu Snjs .SiiH'rinteniUiit netneen February 15 and March will see tlio Installation of tho mo 'r car sen leo to ltcedsport and 'oiers, according to W. F. Sillier. upcrlntcndent of tho local railroad, no lias Just returned from Pou nd. The faro to Hccdsnort will bo 1 H and to Lakcsldo 70 ronis. "e Hlllbo HO redllttloim fnr hn found trip, said Mr. Mlllor. Hills aro unw uitiiin n .,... Di....i uiMince of ltcedsport and should wn mero tlila week, i.robnbly by '"My or Snlnnlnv Af- .i.i imi HUD IU"e Is somo LallflntiiiL' iln .i..ln m t present a crow Is busy doing boiiio J-.-8 ueicen Coos Hay nnd Lako tlde Ml, tl,, work 01lt of t0 ly the scrvlco will be Installed at nro. Mr Mlllor saM ni in. i I , -- "i .vital imiu roilllll Paila,.Wllboimuloto ,l0B(l8I,orl r- wmo. With Una work out 1 Wa)' th '"vice will bo in. -"c ai once. Mr. Miner satd at least ono round "P a day win i, ,,,.i ... .... 2, ,,.Lake8l,lo'a,""'--olapoB. ' "' ficeoml roiiudtrlp. llilflTBUILD NOW TIIVIV! " . "" riKCUItK - iiy u ,,;;;; Unw. Mllllil ,nK From 1 1, , .. .. , " iiroaiiway HiMrmi,nro Hot,.) '" Prolrtin . . otUtaed 7 mm lei,8 rn b0 0Ter th;,.-'u '" gently tnk- larw """""" "tol, K build dnS',0ry bri'k VTOO0P fronl.,1 h0;e "Mho hotel ttnrt oii?la.b0,,lC0.wUhadopth " Per Rro,"1,, "o'ongB to iS;.!!-. "o did not Moreb;ndlI;Bulwou,dbo,,8ort '" . Osteopath, Murshfleld v'&&VlVs iMiumng Ill VERY 501 Established 1878 As 'Dip Const .'Mall TRAVEL 15 STOPPED TIIAINS CANNOT OUT OVKlt TIIK CASCADE MOUNTAINS Snow Has Fallen for Thirty Hours and In Deepest. Known In Years (Mr ARO"lolil I'rrmi la Coo.) Hay Tlmro.J ELLENSBURG, WnBh., Feb. 2. No trnltiB uro running through tho Ciiflciulo mountains bocnuso of tlio snow fall which Ih bald to lio tlio henv Icat In 30 jours. Tlio Northorn Pa cific, Gront Northorn nml Mllwaultco (tatiBcontliicntnl trulna nro hold up nl division polutH or aro snowbound hi the mountains. Tlio snow Btorut has rngod 30 hours without Interruption. Four westbound Northorn Pacific trains hero will bo turned back and sent cast. SENATE COMMITTEE ACTS ON OLD COLUMBIA TltKATY J Alter Apology of United Suites ami Would Turn Ovor Sum of ' Fifteen Million f Ily Awi't4ti PrMH In I'imhi lla? Tln.M 1 WASHINGTON, 1). C, Kob. 2. Reducing tbo propenod paymout to i Columbia from $25,000,000 to $15, 000,000 and altering tho proposed 'apology of tho' United States for tho partition of Panama to inuko it n ' mutual exprcmilon of regret on tho part of tho United Stntea and Co lombia tho Sonnto foroign rolntlons commltteo today ordered favorablo roport on tho long i-cndlng Colom bian treaty. Tho voto on tho treaty wna eight for to Bovon against. ' Sonntor Clark of Arkannas, wna tho only Democrat voting against It. Hy a voto of 10 to 3 tho conimlt- I too also favorably roportod n trenty . to pay Nlcnragun $3,000,000 for tho cannl routo nnd naval bases In Foil- seca Day. SO ITS DISMISSED ACTION AGAINST NOHTII OKH MAN LLOYD DUOPPKD Involved Over Two Million- Dollars Damages Asked Iiy Oiiarmitco Tin t Company (Or AMorUtrt rrr to root Il7 Till". IJOSTON, Fob. 2. Four Hiilts brought by tho Guaranty Trust Co., tho National City Hank and Chnrlos W. Itantoul, Jr., of Now York nnd Maurlco IlansoiuiB of IlniBsols ngaliibt tlio North Gorman Lloyd Stoamslilp Company to rocovor mo'ro than two million dollars damages bncauso tho Btonmor Kron Prlnz Ks sln Cecllo failod to comploto hor voyage to Franco and Kngland Just before tho war broko out, woro dis missed today. ATTACHMENT ISSUED AGAINST THE TJDE In I'nvor of Western Union ami n Number of Ailvoi-tihers Aro GarnlHliCHid Slmrllv liofnrn six o'clock last OVO- ning, the Wcatorn Union Tolograph Company, through Its loenl mnnnpor, Otto Schottor, fllod un attachment on II, II. Woldy, as solo ownor oi dm iiniiv Tldo. of North nond, for $170.00. Tho complaint olilmoil tho sum is duo for tolesrnphlc mossagos and iiowb traiiBinlttod botweon Octo- bor 1, 1315 nnd January J, Jui". Slxtcon advortlsors of tho publica tion woro garnlshced Jo cover tho aecount. 13. L. McCluro, nttomoy for tho plnlutlffB, v Constablo Km ory In chargo until a Bottloniont baa been mado. TKMPOUAKY DISCONTINUANCK n. D. Woldy. editor and publisher of tho Dally Tido, this nftornoon stat ed that tho publication Will ho 10m pornrlly discontinued possibly until Friday. Ho boljovcd that by that tlmo lio would know for a certainty whothor or not tho paper will bo con tinued. Constablo Kmory locked tho door or tho offlco today. Ho said ro turns on the 16 garnishments uotted approximately $20. Times want ada brlns reaults. Dr. II. K. Kolty. Dentist, 201 Coko Rldg. Phono HU-J. IT MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1916 filiS IDE BY ZEPPELIN Inflamablo Bombs,Are Dropped This Mornincj on Greek City of Saloniki ' FOUnTEETT KILLED Two Are Soldiers and Other Victims Rsfugees and Work men About the Place FIFTY OTHERS INJURED No Damage to Military Buildings Ioeatcd Tliero Is ltoKtrted In tho Statements Willi li Aero Given Out Today 111 AnanililH I'mn to Cooa liny Tlmnt.) SALONIKI, Fob. 2. Two Greek Boldlcra, flvo refugees and huvoii workmen wore killed and fifty clvil laiiH Injured by luflnmablo bonibo droppod this morning In a Xoppolln rnld. No damage was dono to tho military buildings. HIS FILES ID USE JKNNINGS HAD VKKY- SLIJI CHANCIO 01'' IJSCAPK Deputy Sheriff Laird Itettnns AfttV Sheriff Laird Itettnns Aftcl ;rn;r,:ru- Putting Gary It wan n forlorn hopo that prompted Mcrt Jennings to uso a small fllo in his efforts to gain freedom from tho county Jail at Kugotio while on IiIb way to tho Htuto penitentiary, said Doputy Sher iff La"rd, who, with William Slioup, roturuod last night from Salom. The clmticcB woro about 100 to 1 against him, but ho was onthuslaBtlo about trying tho cr.o chanco. Ho w8 locked In a coU and had tofAop;" n" 8f"r oU r, reach around the corner through ,0',c" ' on ,210.0 ln,IcB "11 tho bars, to got at the lock, and oven had ho gained tlio ontranco to tho corridor, it would hnvo boon impossible for him to get further, said tho Doputy Shorlff. In tho Kugono Jail ho found about eight bootloggors, all of tliom "In there for plying their Illicit trndojs,oU ro0rtoil all woll. filnco tlio iirsi oi January. U;uk Up Miller Deputy Shorlff Lolrd, whllo rit Salom, was requested to nocuro somo more Information about Mlllor, tlioi man sont up for tho Myrtlo Point ( bunk robbory. Tho Salom prison authorities havo dlscovorcM that Mlllor sorved a torm in the Idaho ponltontiary nnd Just what tho now ovldonco ogainst him In connection with his pnst record Is, Deputy Sher iff Laird was unablo to loam. Fred Nelson, Bontoncod for cash-. g a $ir. forged check on omo c( Vo,o n tho mnatQ m Marshflold partloB, la working In UiQ IMp.no ,,m loUtng to paM tho bakery and will soon bo oliKllo,t,10 cjlrko ainomlmont to withdraw for imrolo. Nelson wns a Btrangor Mo Bovorolfinty of Ul0 UnUo(l Stntos hero. Tho Austrian chock forgorsfron t,m lB,n1, I(t B00110r Uftn two aro all at hard labor. Marsdon, a yparH nJ(, mt ,lUor (han four yoara Coos County prisoner, is no longer ntiQOn ,OIocrats voted agaliiKt it a trUSly, OWlllg lO nuuiu iiuwhup Mr. Laird said. .... 1- ... ..llntlntt Thoro aro now 553 ptlaonors i tho stnto ponltontiary. RIVKRS RISK LITTLK Danger of Fi-oshot is Passed for tho Pmsont TJino Danger of froshot3 soom to bo gpno for reports from up Coos Rlv or and also ovor on tho Coquillo show that tbo wator has not rlson vory nipch. Cooa Rlvor Is aa'd to bo nbout five feet above normal and mest of the snow is gone irom wo .... .jj - . it. 1-H1- rri.x'?1""' -'irt .r.w..- trainmon Bam mis Hiunmih Coquillo River was up about two feet and it is not expoctod to got much above this. Camps HcMiinq A. II, Powers camo In from Pow ers last night. Ho said that all of tho camps oxcopt ono bad resum ed operations yesterday and tho last ono in that vicinity would ro buiuo this morning. Camp Ono will also bo in full swing again today. However, tho snow handicapped op orntloii3 yestorday and thoy got out only about half as many logs as thoy do ordinarily. 'Chunks of snow and Ice in tho trees mako work in tbo woods a little dangerous, drop ping from tho limbs without warn- .ii -.. af Alr.rt fnrpft in ing ana wnn '"'" v- - crush n man If thoy s,hould strlko him. ADVANCE CHECED FLOORS IN MESOPOTAMIA KKKP THE ENGLISH HACK Official Itepr.rt, Says That tho Krlt- Isli Hold an Important Posl- Itlon on tlio Tigris (Dj A.nrpj Prwn to Cnoa pf Tlmra.1 LONDON, Fob. :. An official statement regarding Mesopotamia says: "General Aylnier'a forces hold a strong position on tho river Tigris. Horont floods have hindered and made a forwartl movomont imprac tlcablo. (Icneral Nixon, who handed ovor tho command of tlio British forces In Mesopotamia to Lieutenant General Lake, will start homoward within n short time." Y BE SETTLED i HOPEFUL REPORT ON TIIK LU HITANIA 1NCIHKNT (Jet ninn Ambassador .Sends Wo'.-d That Positive Understanding May bo Arrived At (M, A(mh laltfl Pl iwINm HlMm.j HKItLIN, Fob. 2. (WlrolcBS to Sayvillo.) IiiBtrurtloiiH hnvo boon rent by the Garmnn goycrnmont to Ambassador von liornstorff at Wasliiugton oLsu'rh naturo as to glvo a "roaaonnblo liopo for a poal tlvo iiudutBtnndlng" concoruiug tho Liialtanin affair, it was announced liorp today. n . a n . r nn rnt I inr jSTEAMEHS COLLIDE .JAPANKSK llOAT AN'D ASIKHICAN TANKKU CO.MK TOtJKTIIKIl Acrordlng to a Whrless Tills Morn--lug litli Wero Afloat Oc curs Off Capo Itaco Or AnorlalrJ Prni to Cooi IIr Tlmoa. HALIFAX, Fob. 2. Tlio Jnpan cbo steamer Tnkata Maru and tho Hi of Capo Itaco last night, woro nfloat this morning according to a wlreloss from tho Takata Maru. Sent. Culls fnr Aid ' Tho Tnkata Maru said sho hns hcon Bonding out nuuiorous calls for nsslntanco and the steamer Sllvor Shell wns standing by. Tlio Sllvor LGETF I'LAO TO COMK DOWN PHILIPPINKS IN TIIK Vlie President Marshal Casts the De ciding Voto hi tho Seuato Today rni AMofutfcl rr . n tiikm )' r a t!iiivri'irvr ia rt i.'ni. o p,.,.,.. Ml'1,.Hiinii'!.1,R tim'ilo. Tho sonato rojoctcd 59 to 10 tho nmondmout by Sonator Cummins to tho Phlllpplno hill, which would glvo tho peoplo "of tho islands Independ ence only after thoy voted in favor of being freed from United States tro,( HOTEL DESTROYED ONK GRKKK LOST IN RKLLING. 11AM IIOTKIi FIRK . .1 tlnillAH lu AllkbllKS llflll Tatfti,llTmM y. fom lo WJmImV8 0 Save Iilycs lX AaaorlatM Trfaa to 0" liar Tlront.J DELLINGIIAM, Wash.. Fob. 2. Tho two story hotel at D and West Holly streets wna almoBt totally do strqyed b flro this morning. Ono Greek is known to havo lost bis llfo and ono other porson is not accounted for. Sovornl Lodsors Jumped from tho windows. WILLARD AND DILLON .AIATCIIKI) TO FIGHT Of AtvjclltcJ 1'raia U Co zj Tlmfa ) NEW YORK, Fob. 2. Jesa Wlllard and Jack Dil lon, wero matched today for a ten round bout here in April. ry 1 REEDQM EVENING EDITION E TO LEAVE SHIP Lieutenant Berg Only One Who Can Come Ashore From ' the Appam ASKS FOSTPEIIT Want to Leave Vessel in Vir ginia Water and Release the Civilians Aboard EXPLOSION. IS THREATENED Captives Aboatsl Aro Held .Submis sive When Told tho Ship Would lio Ulowii Up If They Did Not Itchavo ProjK'ily UKQUKST PASSKNGKHS O UK OIVKN LIIIKHTY 0 - 0 (Or AuocUlM Prrm to coo nay TlmM.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 2. Late today the atato department nBked tho customs authorities to rclcnso v tho paBsongors on tho Ap- 4 pain subject to tho action of tho Immigration authorities. lllr A mo. lated Prma lo(Coo tlr Tlmra. NORFOLK, Vn., Fob. 2. Whllo i tho United States considers what trcntmont-tihnll bo accorded hor, tho formor Urltlsh passenger liner Ap pam swings at anchor off Fortross Monroo today with hor passengers and crow, and tho crown of seven sunken Urltlsh vcsnols restless await ing llboratlon. . Asked For Permit , It is undoratood Lieut. Born has asked tho United Stntea to permit hm to lay up tho Appam In Virginia waters na a fair prize of war, liber ating at least nil tho civilian pasaou gors. No new light wns thrown today oh the story, of tlio mystorioiio Gormnn raider Moowo which captured tho Ap pam. ' All Held Aboard Under ordors from Washington, nc ono will bo permitted to loavo ex cept Lieut. Iom. Prlnco Von Ilnt zfcldt, of tho Gorman Kmbaasy at Washington, who rcachod Old Point Ccmfort today, expressed tho opin ion that tho Appam would bo rcgnrd- ! ed as a prlzo. Kxplosivcs Aboard According to reports hero, tho Ap Vain hns on board a largo quantity of oxploslvcs. Tlio prlzo crow Ib snid to havo rigged a dovico for blowing up tho ship and hold tho throat of such a catastrophes ovor tho captives to'lnsuro good bohnvlor. - CAUItlKD BULLION Two Million and a Half Dollars AVortli Aboard (Jlf Aa(latCNj I'rMa to Cooa Pajr Tlma. LONDON, Fob. 2. It Is under stood that tho Appam curried 500, 000 pounds storllug ($2,GOO,000) In bullion which probably will bo clnimod as prlzo, as bullion la con traband. RAIDKIISANKSKVKN Said to Hnvo ICscapcd Through tho Kiel Canal Illy AMorlalM I'rfa to Cooa llaj Tlmea.J OLD POINT COMFORT, Va. Fob. 2. Whllo Boiiio of tho Gormnn sea men on tho Appam wear caps mark ed "Moowo", other havocapa marked "Taula". Quarnntlno offlcors havo been given to understand tlmt tho Vaidor which sank sovou ships nnd captured t,tio Appam escaped into tho Atlantic through the Klol canal and was built bIiico tbo war began, probably for tho furposo. CAPTURED IIY MOKWK IK'uUon (if Ijatter Now Is Not Given Out tnr AxlatM Treaa to Cooa Max Tlmea.J OLD POINT COMFORT, Vn., Feb. 2 Prlnco Hatzfoldt, naval attacheo of tho Gorman embassy, paid iftor an intervlow with Lieut. Rorg today that tho Appam which was captured I by tho Moowo, declined to state tho location of tho Moowo at tins tlmo. NOT THE MOKWK (Uy Awotlated 1'rtw to Cooa Da Tlmt. NORFOLK, Va., Fob. 2. Captain Harrison, commanding tho Appam WD & Consolidation of Times, Coast Mall niid Coos Hay Advertiser. L HKPOItT THAT OHKKCK AND HU MANIA SIGN AflltKKMKNT Newspaper in Hiicliarest Is Authority for tbo Statement, Which Is Given Out trtjr AaaorlateJ Trr to Cooa Dar Tlmra. LONDON, Fob. 2. Tbo Advcrul, a nowspnpor of liiicharcst, declares that Grccco and Rumania havo Digu ed n dual noutrallty convention, ac cording to n dispatch from Homo. IIKIK APPAItKNT OF TURKISH THHONK TAKICS OWN IilFK Report. States that Ills Art Was Duo to 111 Health Cuts tho ArHirles Mr Aoi'litol rrM to Cooa IU)r Tltnaa. LONDON, Fob. 2. Tho siilcldo of Ytissor Izzcudin, heir apparent to tho Turkish throne, is roportod In a I numcr utapuiuii iruiu voiiaiuiiiiiiuiiiu. , It sayn tho crown prlnco onded his jllfo by cutting his nrtorlcs In tho pal .ace yesterday morning. Ill health Is i given as tlio reason. PKOPLK AT LISRON, PORTUGAL ARK MAKING TROURLK Ono Person Killed When Roinb Is Thrown In Confllrt With Pollco ' and Soldiers IDr aocttl ITa tr Cooa liar Tim at) LISBON, Fob. 2. Rioting which began Saturday on account of tho In creased prlco of food articles la not yet quollod. Today ono peruon who killed and several injured by bombs thrown by the rlotera in conflicts with tbo pollco and soldiers. PRIHONKR SAYS HK PLANNKI) BLOWING UP CANAL Rriilgman Taj lor, Detained at Lon don, Makes Coufessloii to tho Authorities (llf Aiclle4 1TM to ca pay Tltnaa.) LONDON, Fob. 2. According to a Btatomont by thp authorities, Rrldgmnn Taylor, detained hero on a chargo of having failod to register 8b an nllon onomy, mado a confession that Captain von Pnpon organized tho plan for blowing up thq Welland ! Canal. PASSENGERS LOST TOWROAT SINKS AFTKIt IIKIt ROILKRS EXPLODE Fourteen Persons Missing After Ac cident Today at Huntington, "West Vlrjrlnlu , (0 Aaaoclatod Prow (u Cooa litj Tlmra. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Fob. 2. Tho towboat Sam Drown, of Pitts burg, sank within a fow minutes after hor boilers exploded today. RonJ. Williams, tho rnato, says tliero woro 3 1 persons aboard. Fourteon nro missing, and It Is boliovod thoy are dead. boforo alio was taken by tho Gor maiiB reported to tho Now York ngonts that it was not tlio rnldor Moowo that put th.o prlzo crow on tho vessel, Ho said, howovor, that ho know tho namo of tho craft. REGARDED AS PRIZE (Dr Aworlalei, Treat to Cooa D7 Tlraea.l WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. 2. Loto today it was announced nt tho state department (hat tho noutrUllty beard held the Appam to bo a prize land then tho announcement was quickly withdrawn. Tho general Impression prevailed,, however, that tho board had so hold nnd that it would not bo announced until later. LIMIT ON I1KKII UERLIN, Fob. 2. Additional measures aimed at Gorman beer drinkers aro likely. A Buudesrat order will probably be issue! soou, limiting tho broweries' production to 45 per cont of their peace output. Sixty per cent production has been enforced for nearly a yoar, Tl ARE NEUT D T DIG BIG T BLMIES ON No. 164 PflESiDENT IN TOPEKA TODAY Greeted by Salute of Guns and Escorted b.y State Troops Through Streets Says Forces May be Used to Vindicate the Rights of , Americans Everywhere FREEDOM FOR ISLANDS Says American King "Will Conio Down In tho Philippines as Soon na Protection Is No Longer Needed Tliero MKT IIY THOUSANDS AT LAWRKNCK, KAS. t (Dr Awwlt'l rrr to fw f Tlm LAWRENCE, Kan. Fob. 2 Prcsldont Wilson nrrlvod thin morning for tho first Kanan , stop of bla mlddlo wcatorn ) lour. Ho wna groctod by Bovoral thousand porsona, Including studonta from tho Kanens University. j (lly Amoi latct Pr" to rom Itay Timiw I ! TOPKKA. Kas.. Fob. 2. Pros! dent Wilson reached. Topeka, tho turning point in his wcatorn tour, tills morning. "For ono thing", ho said in his nddross hero, "It may bo necessary to use tho forcca of tho Unttod Stntea to vlndlcnto tho rights of Amorlcan citizens ovorywhorp to enjoy Htno righto of Intornntlonal law. Amor lea la not going to nccopt habitual or continual neglect of thoao rights." Ho doclarod tho American flag would como down in tho Philippines, as in Cuba, "Aa Boon as wo fool our protection la no longer roqulred." Greeted With Saluto Tho prcBldont waa groctod witn a snluto of 21 guns nild cacortod through tho streots by stato troops to tho icsldcnco of Governor Cappor, whoso guest bo was until ho dollvor cd IiIb nddrcss in tho auditorium. President and Mrs. Wilson rodo over tho snow-packod streets In zoro wonthor In open nutos. ARCHIE PHILLIPS PRESENTS A. PETITION TO COUNTY COUltT Wants Now Highway From Sumner to Marshfleltl Via Coos City Opon- t'd Cost of Bridge Small Archlo Phillips, who rccontly mov ed onto a ranch near Bumnor, was horo and at North Bond yesterday asking tho County Court to make a spoclal appropriation for tho con struction of throo and ono-half miles of now highway contioctlng up the Sumnor-Coqulllo highway with the Marshflold-Coqulllo highway. Tho now road would start near Suniuor and cross Isthmus Inlet noar Coos City, striking tho presont Marshflold road about flvo and ono half m!l03 from Marshflold, Tho potition was llborally signed. Mr. Phillips stated that tho road would ouablo rancliors nt Sumnor, Sltkum, McKlnloy, etc., to drlvo direct to Marshflold at all times of tho year as practically all tho roads around Sumner aro planked. Any way, tho distance from Sumner via tho now road to Marshflold would bo nlno miles whoro It is now olovon mllos by tho water routp, Mr. Phillips says that the objec tion to opening tho" now road be causo it passes the ranch of Judgo Watson is foolish. Ho was to go beforo tho County Court nt Coquillo today and had a guarantee from Anderson & Klockr ars, of North Bond, ono of whom built tho South Inlot drawbridge, that thoy would build a bridgo across Isthmus Inlet for less than $6000. NOTICK TO EAGLES Tho regular meeting of 'Marshflold Aorlo, F. O. E. scheduled for tonight has been postponed until tomorrow night, Fob. 3, on account of tho CI amber of Commerce banquet. P. MAGNUSSON, W. P, i,IWijr Coal, 95.00 ton. vwm 73, IE ADDRESS ASK FOR NEW! ROAD 'I ' '. m I S '! . i i . t . tl, "A ii id.jBLiau'jato..'" iJMfc&faag- .J.tAJm. -J 1- . , ,MMMMJ1MMtaBMMMMilMiMMMBBBMaB