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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1916)
"F-r-T'O'Sf FOUR THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1916 EVENING EDITION. IW f I FIXAL CLEAN-UP OF THIS SHOE SALE For Ladies, Children, Girls, Boys A good ninny now faces lmvo been in our storo (luring Ui I'nst two weeks for tlicso real shoo bargains. And they hnvo gone otit wearing n snillo. They Iinvc bought GOOD SHOES and hnvo saved money. AH lots of Ladles' Shoes in which (lio sizes a to broken ni-o being m1(1 ut the following big reductions, nnd every pair of shoes in our stock for Htys, Girls and Children arc being sold at tho following prices: , .. , Ladles' Regular $ 1.50 shoes, broken lots , $2.05 Ladles' Regular $-1.00 shoes, broken lots 2.75 Lndles' Regular $3.00 shoes, broken lots 1.05 All Qlrls' and Boys' shoes, regular $3,00, now 2.10 All Qlrls' and Boys' shoes, regular $2, GO, now . . . . , 2.00 All Girls' and Boys' shoes, regular $2.00, now 1.(10 All Girls' and Boys' shoos, regular $1.50, now 1.120 All children's shoes, regular $1.50, now 1.120 All children's shoos, regulur $1.26, now 1.00 All children's shoes, regular $1.00, now 80 I'OU SAVE MOXEV OX YOUR SHOES AT THIS STORE. lust Received A largo .Shipment of White , Emmy Lou Sljpix-'i's for L:idl(s mill Children. Hub Dry Goods Company "SMART AVE Alt TOR AVOMEX" Comer Broadway and Central Avenue. Phono SOI. PARTY QUE TODAY OREGDW ROAD COSTS SUPT. MILLER MEETS .IOIIX M. STATE EXI'EXDED OA'Ell $(1,1200,. SCOTT AT LAKESIDE I ""TJoo OX 1IIGIIWAVS LAST YEAR Mr. Ornmndy, Addison Ucnnctt and pei. Capltji Kfai(1lttiro of S8 I E. I. Cnntino Coming AVith j Greater Than Any Other State in S. P. Officials tho Union STILL HAVE MONEY FELLOWSHIP CLUH HAS FEWER CALLS FOR All) THIS AVIXTER Find Unemployed Problem Lighter Than Usual Committee Invites Governor Only one-third as much money us was used last year 'was needed thlH winter to tako caro of tho un employed men in tho ctfty who wero opt of work, according to Ben Fisher, president of tho Fellowship Club. At a meeting of tho executive rommtttco it was found that only $25 had been expanded through thin wlutor against moro thun $70 of tho year boforo. This money has been spoilt In furnishing meals and bods to men who wero absolutely in need of help. In most rases lit was only for n meal or two nnd a bod for it night, most of tho men managing In this tluio to securo work. With tho wlntor now ovor thoro Mill remuliis uomo money In tho treasury that has been set aBldo for tho purposo and it looks as though all demands on it lmvo reused. AVrlte to Governor Senator I. S. Smith and Judge O. A. Sohlbrodo, , mon who know Governor AVIthycombo personally, compose a commltteo that s writ ing asking hint to visit Coos IlaJ during tho latter part of March. If ho assents tho banquet of tho Fellowship Club will bo hold nt tho COMPARES COMIC John M. Scott, general passenger I tj,0 following from Iho Oregon agent for tho Southern Pacific In Votcr will bo of Interest In Coos Orogon, accompanied by Mr. Ormnn- county whcro tho road problem Is dy. his chief clerk, and Addison Ben- now Ul0 cll,of opc or discussion: liett, of tho Orogonlnn, arc expected , Countca of Oregon expended nt In hero between four and five this ,oaBt ?B,nCl,30G.G8 on county nnd Afternoon. It Is expected tluft b. I. ,i8trct ront,a nnil bridges during Cnntlno deputy state highway on- 101B Tll8 ls tll0 preimary to- 8,nQmrtntn,l,,V W P Mlllnr ., J tn, T.ator 'official figures Will UU- Superintendent AV. .P. Miller hog nC8tlonnbly swell the total, gono to Lakcsldo to meet tho officials, A.i.iinir thn 2tn nnn nxnnndp.l tiv svnaw-r"1 ,icro lnl loday thoA,sffiorom2ho0lmXay 0iV.Ta,Ulno wns on his way here, ' 'VoVrnno00 WSS having reached Cushman yesterday. , MP,,eeln"nl"?a0 ,, n ?h n n and it Is believed that there ho Joined J".B0 Unprovomonta during tho ono Mr. Scott to como over the now.J0vLr, . ,,. . ,, ,,, AVlllnmotte Pacific I Tll,B ,s nuout $8 l,or fapltn, tho Mr. Scott and Mr. Bennett are well -6Mt per capita expenditure of any known In tho Bay through previous ftato In tho union, not ovon oxcept vlslts hero nnd will bo warmly wcl-l " California, progressive Wnshlng- comed by their many friends. !loni,Bm,JlWlLaLew Yorlf,8tnte- About $2,100,000, moro than onc- 1 ,i. i.i ....... .... ... .... ...t.-i ......... mud, nun UAIU11UU(I iui nillll. 11111,111 bo classed as pormnncnt Improve ments good bridges, grndea built on good, lines, and hard-surface pave ments. Nearly $1,000,000 was expended In OLD COXCERX OF COOS UAA" AVA- maintcnanco of old macadam and dirt TER COMPANY TO START AGAIN ron,dsv, nml f?r Homo ,IC"' macadam nnd dirt roads. Xeed Rural Roads AVo of Oregon are cxptndlug enough money on roads now far too much, In tho opinion of most taxpayers. A big stnto bond issuo IS TO OPEN MINE T. V. Swuuson takes contract to Mlub Coal Puts in Corduroy Roa and GctH Ready for Business Onnlilntr nf thn dnnn Hnv Wntnr comimny's coal mliiu Ih to bn mndoKor tho ronstructlon of trunk high again within a fow days. J. C. Swnn-t ways paralleling rnllronds and rlv Constwlso Transportation company; sters. a baby of two years, grinned , "' Clare, nir.C tons. Mnrylund Steel CTATI,' nnntf1t.WtlV M.IV uui'B'inn ln.n.1., (.. .I.,.-.,,. 1.o i. 'nr wnlilil vlr.1,1- lllllllnna tnnrn lint """ Bllm "u "uo h'" i" iu uiu;- vuiiihj, ...... ..u ...., ..... .... .,...i. v ,,... w.... ...,., ....... .,....., .., ..,.. v.., ... ...,, ....o - - i -- , -. jiilnir turn r nn I linn )r mining on n I is not the main problem to con-, .". ,", lllI? ,,' 1ipll1l LONG STORY E DS CLOUD THAT EXVEf.OPEI) COFF1X FAMILY HAS SILVER LIXIXG Oldest (Sirl Married lmt Evening and llnppy Ili-otherH and SisterM Arc Agn'n AVlth Pm-e'iitH In tho office of Graves and Mcln turff nt 9:30 loBt evening Miss Nora Coffin, aged 1C. becaino tho brldo of Jack Mann, nged 32, Judgo C. L. Pennock performing tho ceremony. Boforo tho limrrlaRo Juvonllo Of ficer Hark Dunham cnmii back from Coqulllo bringing tho five llttlo chil dren of the Charles Coffin family that Judgo Wntson allowed to return to their parents nftor nn order hnd been mado tb send them to Salem to bo cared for. There was a happy family rounlon beforo tho wedding. Tho brldo Is ono of tho oldest children nnd she, too, wns to have gono to Salem nnd It was not until Saturday that this or tlor was revoked and she wns given permission by the county court to marry. Tho prospective brldo nnd groom thought tho marrlngo was to bo with out witnesses. They asked R. O. Graves If it ccjuld be hold In Ills or flco. "Suro thing," ho assented. And whon tho Judgo and the happy couple arrived Inst ovonlng thoro wns nlrcady nn audience on hand. Mr. nnd Mrs. R. O. Graves wero thoro, also Mr. and Mrs. J. AV. Mclnturff nnd Mr. nnd Mrs. Fred Smith nnd beforo tho corcmony wns over thoro were others who dropped In. Juvcnllo Officer Hark Dunham, holding tho smallest of tho young t SHIPPING NEWS tl VESSEL MOVEMEXTS Silled Adellno, Oakland, 12 M. Duo to Sail Yellowstone. San Fran cisco, AVednesday, 12 M. A. M. Simpson, San Fran cisco, Thursdny p. m. Duo IleVo Hardy, San Francisco, AVcdncsdny p. m. AT S-SJennin NORTH lli:.i is OltKGO XKW SI'lllXQ cnq,H nro nrrhliig crfy j,; AVE ARE HUILDIXG SHIPS' and "c llto row Much Con.struc'lon AVivrlc Ih Xmv in Pisifficss III U. S. AVar In Europo has sent the prlro ' of ships so hlh that ovon Amerlcnno ; nro getting back Into tho shipping game. Thoro ls moro building of ships going on now In the United tntcs than tlioro has been before In 'mlf n century. , Forty-eight vessels of 20,108 tons gross, wero built In tho United Slates nnd officially numbered In January of this year, aerordlng to u utatoment Issued by tho bureau oi navigation. Tho largest steamors in ' the list nro tho Santa Barbara, 0G21 i tons, belonging to tho Atlantic & ! Cnciflc Steamship company; tho I nurann, 5019 tons, owned by Hugq I P. Frcnrj tho Bristol, 3971 tons,! wiicful Inspection , Ulli quality nml ,,e .Ifi-inch Bench C!otl. New striped Uwg, m "1 Dimities. i,r ,( I 2Y-III. Pclllllo Silks ... no-ln Japanese Crcpos, yj.,1 . curiam scrim u wimo huh ecrii..incl0,.i xsow spiing ainghami K'c nml 2U Chlltlren's (llngham ,)rci,aefi nop to $,:jl Now Middy Blouses r,,,c 'o $.;j OPTI.AHSTIC TREND. .Maniifaeturing Co"ccnw Xow Apply ing For S'nto Charters, Says I. G. Richardson, of Snleni' given the contract for royalty basis. Ho ls now getting eentrato on getting bettor results things in shapo for operation nnd ( for tho many millions wo now cx puttlng In now timbers whcro they pond, rnthor than bunion tho tnx aro neoded. I payers still moro for nmbltlous Im- It ls flvo years now slnco tho com-! provoments which aro not n prcss pany closod tho mlno, accord. ng to (.ing economic ncrcsslty as nro tho Nnl in vnnra linvn ilinrn Imnn nn ninny companies applying at Salom ' Manager Corey. Up to thnt time the; roads into tho forming dhtclrts for corporation papers, Is tho state- '""' iiuh win. iiiunnjr iu nuiiiy '" 'W " "hi mont of J. G. Richardson, of tho tho pumping plant of tho water com-1 Following aro the amounts ex Stato Corporation Commission, who,'"1"' . ,. ., , r ponded on roads and bridges by Is horo from Salem I At tho u.n,c Mr- Swnnson was in . tho ton counties named during Investigation of the movement, ho J'r.f"' "ynn?!;?; in Mnni?h nrnMi" ' ".i15, ."" ,mllci,to,, Pw"nilnnrV nnvs indlcatCH tlint fnrolim com- I101 . Bonl T . . l ln l0"Ktu '"' ll ostliuntes: , pa n ''.. aro comlngTo Orogon and a g. '"!'' r Jml nvVJlo, d!f "",0 ol ! jniah Count ..$2,407.121.3.1 good Bharo of thorn aro manufne- tll0.,;N nnC' inutth L In n mr Clntsop County 327.G12.42 turlng concerns. . .. ,,'r- S'fn'Vim , "l.. ' . olumbhi County ... . 288,0B1.71 "AVIld cat" schemos nnd "fly by urn ToeiiTiib road in west MarHliflnrd ; ,.'"." "i? "-""l)r sHji.oau.ia Khf companies ar0 fow according UB 10gb"lg roa(1 '" 'NCBt aiarallfloltl-t Marlon County 201,110.13 This morning tho bride nnd groom loft on tho Btngo for Eniplni whore they will mnkc their home ROAO FllliyOLIKji? ArroRXEY (;i:i:RAr, nitowx RULES ON QUESTION C. L. Blinon. From other Bource.i thun construction ono vcesel, tho bt.rgo Choctaw, 707 tons, was added to tho merchant fleet. She wnc built nt Sunderland, England. During tho j weolc ending February G, this yoar nit reliant vessels lmvo bcon award- s ed official numbors and signal let-tors. night' ' papors that RANSOM to tho demands for have boon received. Ho told of a million dollar com pany (hat has Just gono Into Port land, a concern that Is manufactur ing a suhstltuto for rubbor. A $100, 000 building Is to ho erected and tho roncorn will employ u great many men.' ' This wob given as an exnmpio ofl tho typo of concorns that aro coin-, ATTRACT! A'E ing to urcgon. most or mom aro on a smaller scale, but Mr. Rich ardson believes that tboy nro a good indication. In Eastern Oregon of Into thoro havo bcon quite a numbor of mill-; E PAPER PROM LEMIEUX 'S I Coos County 230, 909. 3d Tillamook County ... 178,000.00 Douglas County r7,.'irG.29 Lano County 112,719.82 Umatilla County .... 119,821.10 0 IS STARTED REAM CEILING AXD PANEL BORDERS IX SAIN TER'S XEW DEW DROP IXN FURNISHED BY MARSHFIELD STORE. HIGHWAY TO CONNECT REEDS PORT AND AVINCHESTER RAY I Says County Can Only Pay Funds Tlnougli County Official cities Cannot Act as Trustee Tlio following from tho Salem Statesman will bo of Intorcst hpro owing to tho question being ralsod about tho County Court assisting In defraying tho expontio of Improving tho waterfront highway Iwtwecn Marshfleld and North Bund business districts: "An Incorporated city or road district cannot act as trustee for tho boueflt of tho county in dis bursing of money for rond Improve ments according to an opinion given by Attornoy Gonoral Brown tb Dis trict Attorney Rlngo. Tho opinion states that no provision Is found for tho payment by tho county to LOSE ALASKAN TRADE ENGINEER Portland Is bemoaning tho fact that because sho haB not a single vessel plying to Alaskan waters sho Iori's n $350,000 factory of tho Amorlean Can Company. Tho con corn goes to Scattlo Instead. Formerly thoro wero several ships out of Portland going to Alaskan ports, hut tho trado became mi stuck thnt they wero taken from tho run. Tho American Can Company man ufncturofi tins for tho salmon trade a. ii. giiiley i:i.i:m:n amf CAN SOCIETT liXfllNtaxi Cl'y Engineer is Ono of Thrrc Mini iiweslvi'ii Oregon Hit iiigu iieco!iiiiieii(Utloi A. B. Gidley, city englnetr J Aiarsnrieiii, nns just Leon tWJ to moniDersnip la ie Amrt Society of Civil Englnceri. Thb v one ot t no greatest lienors thitt bo received by n civil ontloMPi the United States and It IssiMiU thoro are only two other u memuers m southwest Orfcoa. aro R. II. Corey, general mi of tho Coos Bay Water Coraw nnii Mr. Lccfo, nn engineer i )lu: ed on tho Sluslaw letlr i who formerly was Interested Is tl ernmont work on toos mr. It Is oli.out six ypars ilart fel Gidley ramu lo Coos By tit I. can, j-outli D.iKolii, where h 1 been elty eiiKlucer for fome and nlso had been connected i the Homostako Mining Compa;( that place. Provlous to this time Mr, $h hnd practically woiked lilt and had to have sonio means of getting them into Alnska. Tho cost tliri:mli collego. workl? mltk r of IK, cents a enso freight from i tllQ 81IininorH ... Sol ... rwkoli Portland to Seattle was too much, wait n Unltod Slates Denutr for tho company declnroJ they had oral Surveyor for two states f i- . . Will Pnuf- llll.f?Ii.u fil..i.i Alini. tlin fnml illufrl.i! nn ntiv liv tin. rnt.il l'arties who navo inspected sar- ,.,...,. ,,..':.?.". .. ...v .."... ""r",u :."" . :." ". r. ..' . i. r. .:""" inn pinsn .nmiw.tnin.. i Rnniiin. Ing concerns applying for chnrtors. . tor's flno now Dow Drop Inn nnd ' ; 7'" ",ir,"' " ,'11 " I r c"y MUl ,rov,u ' B l"V ' "uyl Stock Mdllnir schemos are elvon llttlo. admired tho handsomo effect nrc ,,m,, L l.,, tu id for tlio various districts shall re- . conslJoratlon. but the eomnanlpa ducoil In tho beam eolllnit nnd i.anoll n..n,i t n ,. I main In tho county treasury until TO RAISE THE EXCELSIOR be- uiiiiii mir in n i'iiiiiiiv rimii in. . m 4 tin olimi Hint- tiin.m lnialnnua nrt l.nrilnm will tin Iti I orriat ,t n Vmm.. .. . . . .. I 11 UfXB DCCll CftTIlCd ' : -V-" :?.. "V" V""".,.. "".. :r:v," "'.:.,.. '"":r.'"..",V. wHn..."eou"n. . l9 umnatia Koilowlnir Is tho onlu'on in nnrt: Htntes uomo other promlnont man from out In tho Vnlloy will prob nbly bo invited. Tho Club has glvon four dollars toward paying up what deficit thoro romnius ln tho Municipal Christmas Troo fund. HAVE YOU MADE YOUR INCOME TAX REPORT? Steam Schooner Run Down by Steamship Harvard Xot Total Loss By menus of pontoons It Is planned rnnveulouco of tho Governor. And j glvon duo consideration by tho Coin-that tho material wns piodurud in and Wluehostor Bay Is already un if ho Is unable to como Mr. Fisher mission. ii Marshfleld storo, LeMloux's paper dor way, according 'to J 1-V Mont- pasts that tho Commission turns, ctrcet This is but an artistic wm.,uuBlneV. trip to Gard'ner. Thlrrl8:,PT,a' t,;V"!':.n.!: down companios tiini went 10 aciuai-, nio oi tlio una lino which is. ir. road Is belmr built bv Douulns . ' """ !". ...-.., - lv do somothliiK." said Mr. nichard- l.oMieux carries. I ,,,,, ... .?.', .7, nnn"T."?. ' J to su porvlso tho oxpondltiiro to rnlso tho hulk of tho stenm schoon- son. "This Is not at all tho policy. I He has Just received a big assort- when completed will glvo ready ac AVo want to aid; it is our business, menl of tho spring designs in wall cess to tho how community that to aid." paper and now has it on exhibit nt.has been established nt tho mouth Among tho companios looked jhli storo proparntory to tho spring 0f tho Unipnup. ovor horo by Mr. Ilichnnison aro rtisn in papering. Jt 1b expected this of that portion or tno county road r Excolslor that on Fobruary 8 wns iiiiiu uiijiuiiiaucu iu uiu iiiDiriui, Better Got llnsy or Undo Snm AVIU Soak You AVlth An Etru Flno All Duo by March 1st. Havo you paid your Jncomo lax? If you havo not mado your roport or income to Milton A. Miller, Col lector of Intornal Revenue, nt Port laud, It behooves you to got busy, us tho tlmo is short, and Collector Millor says tho Government Is not going to bo so lenient this year with thosn who do not havo their reports In by March 1, tho date fix ed by law. All porsona who hnvo nn Income of $3000 or moro must make a re-! port, aim an corporations tioing luminous must make a report of their not Incomo, regardless of its amount. Corporations aro required to pay an incomo tax of 1 per cent of tholr not Income. If tho reports aro not ln by March 1. a heavy ponalty will bo added. consisting of an Incorporated city or (own, tho procoduro Is in no wlan plini.cpfl. Thn TTiminv In lint pleco off j i that enso to bo paid ovor to tho tho prop- respoct. but treasuro and run down and cut squnroly In two by tho stonmshlp Hurvard in San Francisco bay. Diver Abrahnmsou has taken the contract for tho raising of tho ves sel iib it lies on tho Southampton tho snmo.Slioals on tho Borkoloy shore. clflo Horb Company and tho AVest Shoro OH Company. Tho lattor is a; I'.urean concuru, wiui iuuiij- ui in stockholders on Coos Bay. PREPARING TO OPEN ' LOGGING RAILROAD Geo. AV. Mooro Company Ojttl"g Ready for Operating Big Plant nt Itaudnu 35 yards panol border Paper. iQUt of tho rock and cliffs Wound I'1' B ' . , . . l T ' ,. , '. 28 yards IS-lnch cornleo border. JSmvJchertS Bay & LTZ S"ctr " tJaffto 'mSI.?.1' U - s- tIeoi hold n taorlnR 32 yards 4-lnch cornleo border. At Gardiner thoro ls conslaer- JJ",0, ' ,n Ur0 nn"!f o? ?. s atntnl0" tho cnso Bnd flnetl tho Vacltlc and is not capable of any other viRimon company $200 nnd Cap construction. It may bo that tho ! taln E '' Bnrtlott, of tho Harvard. Two rolls of In-grnln paper. WARNS AGAINST BOGUS INSURANCE AGENTS ILwvcy AVells, Oregon lii.suia"ce Commissioner, Rends Out Xotlco to People of Oregon Dr. Hess' Instant, Louse Killer kills llct on poultry and nil farm Mock. Dust tho hens and chicks vltli It, sprlnklo it on the roosts, iu tho cracks, or, if kept in the dust bath, tho hens vtlll distribiito it. Also destroys bugs on ciiciiiuIhm .sijuash and nelon lines, eabbago vonns, etc., slugs on rose bushes, etc. CVinies In handy, slftlng-top raus. One pound, 25c Three pounds, 60c iHtlMMi? w i rii CJ Harvey AA'olls. Insurance commls- 'alnnnr wlin la wnll 1nnin n.l Cnna Preparations aro bolng mado forjay h'QS ,Bgliet, tho fo,IowInB ,ottor mo operation oi mo uuo, w. .muuiu mill at Bnndon according to tho fol lowing from tho AVestorn AVorld: Geo. AV. Mooro has gono to San Francisco to confer with lumber men regarding tho disposition ot tho local es soliciting, through tho malls, life, product. The Conloguo logging roaa accident nnd health Insnranco, and I on Laniim creok. ovor which tho logs w","' " . w". l"u ,,'.uu."".u.t5,. " ". for tho mill must be hauled, was warning tho public concerning In surance solicitors: This department Is In receipt of Inquiries from ninny cltlzons through out tho stato .requesting Information concerning cortnin insurance compnn bndly damaged by the recent high water and a forco of mon ls now busy putting It back In shapo. It Is esti mated that logging operations proper will bogin In about ten days and that quite a supply will bo floated down to tho mll boforo tho latter starts for business. Owlmr to a lack of frails tho togging mill will not bo fast enough to keep tho mill supplied In i tho beginning and for this reason it ls aimed to have plenty on hand be foro opening. It Is reported that Mr. Mooro has auothor big supply of logs in view and if proper arrangements coptlng this choap kind of Insurance that the insurance commissioner nns no authority to rogulato companies and agents othor than tlioso which hnvo compiled with our laws and aro licensed to transact nn Insnranco business in this state. Bowaro of n company which sells Insnranco at less than cost for a company which does not make a prof It is not a safe ono In which to In suro. I want to ndvlso strongly against listening to so called adjustors of llfo insurance policies. A person rep resenting himself as a life adjuster does this to create an Impression that your policy Is not proporly wrltton and then endeavors to placo ono ho is selling, such a person is in tlio can bo mado tho mill will bo supplied 6f n' f1"88 ns a ll0r8f. t"10'. aml r , I strongly urgo our citizens In pur- from two camps. . chnslnc insurance to deal onlv with ROB XEWSPAPERMAX licensed, authorized agents. If the agent should bo n stranger, make him produce his license for ldlG and Seth Bailey of Grants Pass Held Up whenever you aro In doubt write th!s at Salem .of flee as this department was croated for tho protection of our citizens, apd SALEM, Feb. 22. Seth Bailey, a l jt wnj endeavor to ndvlso ns to the newspaper man of Grants Pass, was , responsibility of tho different agents. held up and robbed of $27 lato to-1 " J night by a masked highwayman. Tho FlXDS SEA'EXTEKX FEET robbery took place on South Coin- As to tho depth of water on the Coqulllo river bar the Bandon AVorld says: Tho ratsy, which crossed tho bar at low wnter Saturday afternoon took soundings and the lowest dopth re corded was 17 feet. Tho recent freshets and, the fact that tho north Jetty has beon closed Is responsible for tho clearing of tho channel nt tho mouth, of tha river. k merclal street at tho bridge cross jlng. Mill Creek. Bailey was stopped by the robbor 'just as he stepped on tho bridge. At i tlio point of n revolver ho was forced to climb down tho bank to tho edge of the creek below where the rob ber relieved him ot his cash. There Is no trace of tho robber's identity. Dr. Leslie, Osteopath, Marshfleld nblo agitation for n highway from thut town up tho rlvor about two miles to tho railroad crossing, Tho peoplo of Gardiner point out tho fact that now they havo no means of getting to tho railroad oxcept by crossing tho rlvor to RcodBport. Thoy would build tho road to tho track and there hnvo a station. It Is possible that this plan will bo carried out. In tho town ot Gardiner thoro Is consldorablo street Improvements tlmo. having been niipolnteJ 1808. Slnco coining to Coos ray l Gidley has becomo known n of tho most nccurnto civil ensli In this section. Under a rtri) administration ho was city en;ltl nnd later became nssoclatM l E. G. Porhnm In the Perbw)! Gldlov Eniilnecrlm: Corapanr tho mint vear Mr. Glillcy hii a Leon fllv onir'neer of Msrshlldl Two of the renulrcmenti ll momborship In tlio society tre Im porbonnl recommendation or members nnd bIx years eipHJ in ouulneorlnir construction H design. ' HPGII 1 1 OCA X S0M word "apportioned" has beon tnkon$50 for iho uccldont, attributing it to menu "pnld ovor" but I do not to grons carelessness. Tho offleor understand that tho terms aro by- noiiyinous. SELL OXE. VESSEL Sudden mid Chrhtensou to Disposo of Steamer Cbehalls The following will bo of Interest sSs" be.ng"p1aked and , ?. " ? Ar,6tCS0 " which ,t.in..ni..i.. i. i,i i..i uutio iiiu j rooi.ur nnii; ",MrS.7",7,"T.i."- V, Kol""- ,.. -TKo steamer Chol.alls. madoroek oxtenslonrnToifg 'the S'VJlLS Wakuro6' Suduen & Chrlstensen. The vessol was long in tlo coastwiso trado and has a lumber capacity of 7I0,000 feet. Tho Chehalls ralsod tho AValk urd after tho latter had been rap tured by tho French gunboat Zollo frontage on the rlvor than It has previously had REECE WRIGHT WRITES OF WAR ZONE VOYAGE Son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Cul Wright or Marshfleld Has Thrilling Export- enco on trip to Sweden Mr. and Mrs. Cal AVrlglit havo re ceived a letter from tholr son, Reeco AVrlght, who Is first assistant en gineer on the Standard Oil Company tanker Brindlll. Tho letter was from Mai mo, Sweden. Mr. AVrlght states that tho trip over was a very hard ono. Tho bridgo of tho vessol washed away in a storm and several times beforo reaching port tho crow thought that ther vessol was gone. Mr. AVrlght has yet ono moro trip to mnke beforo he can take out his papers as chief engineer. Ho has not decided whether he wjll go to Europe again or not as tho hazard ls very great. On this trip the Brindill picked up a vessol in distress and tpwed it Into port nnd will receive prize money. Mr. AVrlght comes in fourth in the amount of the salvage money to be paid the officers and crow. Schoner Thnt Was Built 0a fwl "ay to Enter ('"lleiui Trs. It Iu nlin.il ii vpnr now linte l gnlinnnnr III. I'll 1 InL'nil. bll'lt CD U Bny, was In grnve distress ofl Sluslaw bar. Worn lias ju -rocelved that she Is sold to " Grace and company to ply ? Hn., Plinlcnn III tlin llltrat0 U 'in Chile For snvcrnl years rt imun ill i.iu iiiiiiiivi - tho Coqulllo and tlio Sluslaw. I l.'l. ........ I Lift 'llMHL'C I -..(IIII.IT .,..,' ......r.-- , Abaiidonmont of the port 01 " . .... .1... l.-l..ir., linn PKCPUt WW full rargoes are to be WP! thnt nnrt. hos beon eiinouncM w At noon todnv tlin Rtnnnisliln Ail... ' tt.nv miiimhv Tlin uas Klosw was sovorely criticized for coming Into tho harbor under full uteani nnd for not stopping In answer to tho (lis tless whistle of tho Excolslor. . t WATERFRONT NEWS J lino left down for Oakland, having nrrivod horo yostorday about 10:15 from tho south. s- Tho Nann Smith wns scheduled to loavo San Francisco this nftornoon for Coos Bay and should bo bore Thursday, '1 -fj IAI.IIN ltlii ,sj. l'KDRO Tho A. M. Summon Is takinc on and then sunk by Gorman vessels' n cargo nt tho Simpson Mill at North whlc shelled tho town. HAVE XARUOAV ESCAPE AVhlto Brotheis lfescued by Caugliell on the Rogue AVMl Bend for Sun Pedro. Tho A'ollowstono is completing her cargo nt tho Xorth Bond Mill nnd Lumber company's mill. Tillamook nud Pats will eM In uorvn Vnniitnn. rilllHIUa " (julllo ports. .1ERRV IIAVXr.S' lllllTllbAT Thursday w.s' I ncle"C uaynes- uniai uiu -'.. 80 yenrs of age, nud his many """ In Coos county will bo glad to thnt ho Is halo nnd hearty and iww much better this w.uter tnan -during several months past-"" tie Point Enterprise Tlio otnrv nf tlin .KPl.n nf Iwn mm. on the Roguo rlvor ls told In a mes sage from AA'edderburn ln tho Port Orford Tribune: AVhat came nonr being a trngedy occurred horo on tho river tho first of tho week. AVhlto Bros., who have a ranch 12 miles up the river, came .down in a gas boat. On tho sand spit between hero and Gold Beach the engine became crippled, and as they had neither onrs nor anchor tho cur rent carried them swiftly toward the Jaws of tho river. AVIU Caugholl, ferryman, happened to be crossing the river and hurried t their res in tho lotr R JnclnRn.l n n.nn nn I"'"' CXCIIUIIIUIU TUI1 ..111 US UIU lUr- which Mr. AVrlght has marked the jry uoat enlned but slowly on the pow different ports ot tho world thnt heirless boat In front, but Mr. Caugholl has visited on his recent trips abroad, succeeded ln reaching a point below and It shows ho has seen a good deal of tho world. Ho has beon to Algiers, Tunis. Tripoli and many German. English and other European Doyle Rock at tho very edge of tho breakers. Ho had Just gasoline en ough to effect a land.ug, und had ports. He also was at Carthage and tie race lusted any longer both boats visited the place which Is supposed to be tho site ot Daniel and his den, of lions, with their occupants would havo been lost. Free Fares to Bunker Hill To afford an opportunity to the ladles of Mnisbfh'hl to lnPd our superior lino of SPRING AND SUMMER WASH FABRICS and DRESS GOODS ' we will refund fares with every purchaso of 82.0(1 i" 0,K" LADIES SHOULD SEE THIS LLNU AXD GET I'll" ' s AVe alo also offering this week tho following In LADIES MUSLIN UNDERWEAR Ladles Drawers , 2.-e nml w Corset Covers :.ic und 5 tl-l.l.. ... ,. ... ..- a l l. II ii 11(1 " Cheiulso K.V '"' Gowns .!j!i.2."i nml ,,w DRESS GOODS .Id-inch wido wale whlto corduroy til-Inch wido wule wlilte corduroy BUNKER HILL DEP'T. STORE AV. if. DiXDi.Vfircu ret phone . OH jnwr-Tk .'