COAST MAIL
VOL. 2,
MARSHFIELD, OREGON. Sunday, Jan U, 1903.
NO.
Coast Mail.
MA SIII-'IKI.I) OKKOON
Entered In the Postoffice at Marsh
field, as Second Class Matter.
MAIL PUBLISHING CO., Propr's.
P. C. LEVA!?, P. X. HOFER,
Editors und Managers.
Published Every Morning, Except
Monday at Marshficid, Coos County,
Oregon .
DAILY.
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nr l.. YUicii not pulil In ndviince
llu price UU) ri'iilri perinoiit'i, Htrulght.
WKKKKLY
Ismitil every Siitiinliiy Term In nil
vnnre $1,5011 year, $l.i nix mouth.
EXPLANATORY.
Till special number lake t Ito place
of the Daily Coast Mail for the date on
which It Is l.ued. mill I given as a
supp'ement w lib the Weekly Coast. Mail.
It la hsued two weeks later than was at
It r-1 li tended, unexpected and unavoid
able delays having Mrlten.
As It Mniids, it I- purely a home pro
duct. Tl e printing and binding having
all been I'line In this cfllni with the
iiiiimi. it our illponl. Iiiuiii Hug n very
insdeo,uate plant, and wlti such In-x-pcrlei
coil extia help mi we run 1 1 uhtaln.
The niiinlx'rl- Itr from b-lng as cniii
ph te as coul.l 1h wihed. Many llil. g
well worth extended mention are nut
tombed iimiii. Mirli a It fr, li.iwever
I: is tl.e Ih'hI rouiul up of Coos IJ.iy in
pi hit today.
it V gratlfitlng to he able to state
that rflhe IHk) ixirn copies printed,
iiiutu limn one Imlf have, already I ire 1 1
onlernl, In ipisiilth-s of from 1 to 50 liy
people who wish In send iliein lo ilieir
trl-ml elsewhere, Tld will liilp io
preml Information nlM.ut thin Uwirnl
Mellon among Mnpl who may n. li
diiod to rast Iheir lot wild n and to
that x'eul will h-p the cnmniiiiiliv.
It should he sei I illy noted llMt iIim
artlc'e on Coos ltv and ila It-sources
cmcu vn g tlm laul four patten ol leading
matter appeared In tlio Coaht Mail lat
A iii int. It In UiimI again hecau.o It
cover certain points aa well an they
could he covered by initter nowlv pro
pared In several detail, ho ever,
Important changes ha. o (aken place In
the last five rnotilltp, m.d to mention
anme of them will give au idea of the
advarces that aru Inlng made, For
instanc. Yarrow, men Toned in that
i rticle, no longer exiita. as Yarrow, and
itslte (a tint scene of 'Im activities r.m
roeted with the new North llend. The
I'.irter mill, inenlloiied an lyinx idle, ha
ritiCH been leased for a term of years hy
IheBlmp'on Lumber Co., been placed in
repair, and cumin need regular opera
tion on the II ret day of tlm )oir Th
stn,4-uiil " has ben Inniwlit hy the
f!ooi lUy Mi I and Lumber Co , a corpo
ration with headquarters in Han Fran-cl-cn.
who Imve overhauled and remod
led It l:i'o an up-ti-dato sawmill, and
it I running regularly, Thn M intana
mid Oregon Lumber C i. represented hy
U lvelle, lias si-cured h mill rite at
( oqnille city and comorei ced the e rec
ti u o( a mill whou output will Im sliip
leil hy way of ill bay. Imports which
reein to Im f tun: an aiitheiitic source are
lo the IT cl tha a sale of the Southern
Oregon Co 'a prnH'rly hat le-on effort il,
and if, thi Ins true the hit; mill at Km
pir eily will undoubtedly re-timo oper
ation!. The lb-aver Hill mire has re
sinned the regnlar shipment of coal, and
tlio Czi-lna, a steamer of 1100 tons ra
pacity 'a making weekly trips to carry
the product of this mine to So Fran
cisco. An entirely new industry of consider
able importance has been inaugurated
hero this Winter, viz: the shipping of
fr.izi-n fi'h etc. A cold storage steam
er now Ilea in the hay receiving ateel
head ralmon canulit in the bay and the
Umpqua aniLCoquille r Ivors v. f th which
the siemer will le loaded, the Ice plant
here working also on the fret zing of the
fih. Crabs, with which the lower bay
abounds are alo )eing caught hy tlio
thousand, co-iked and frozen for abin
menc north. A man experienced in
handliiiK and preparing all kindi of fish
for inatket, only a few days auo, bought
water frontage on the lower by for the
put oseof thoroughly exploiting the re
curcs of the bay In the line of different
kinds of fl'h. etc.
Trie nuilding of the hopita! hao alto
hCMi)e a sure thing within the last few
months.
Building operations In MarchfMd
have been none throuhgout the J ear,
and in rpiteof tlio disadvantage! Inci
dent to building In the Winter, a great
many dwelling are under construction
at this writit'g, and lumber is being
placid 01 the g'ound for more.
A Thorough Blacksmith
GT. Coleman proprietor of the. llai'kmilh and Gen
eral Itepair Shop on South Fmnt Hi. dine in Maia'i
fleld from Santa Cla, Vllfornia, lauding in ll.Ii
town on November 1st I COO.
Mr. Onlematt Ixiuulii nut the blai kMnitldnu tmiiiH-
of John Kaiun, and hy sltict atteutinn to hutiien,
promptne a and puncliinlity in dellverhg nil work Just then
agreed tiM)it ha hull! up a splendid and I'M llinli'e liu'iiu-n".
Mr. Coleman has recently added a large lot ol new- ma
chinery to his shop, which enable him lo turn nut a larger
volume of woik in less time, doing it easier and much better. ,
A tlnu large steel vice, a new extra leavy modem sit le antil,
a tire shriiiker, a lerge lr. power drill and a Kilveis' patent
I. lib borinir maehlrie. The latter rimilnne enables him to
I ore a tapering hoi- which is a ureal help in msklmt a new
hub for a wagon. These new too a added to the already t oin
plete hlaeksmithlng und wagon making tools already on huud
lit the shop for doing n oro nnd belter woik than le-fo'e.
A full and cumplele stock r( carriage and w gnnuiHk-rM'
material such a liuli". sm ke , till I, poles, n.ck yi ke, axhs,
whillh-ltrees, ami In fact tneryllili c in lh hunt wimI line
wriii'li may Im ni-ided in an iip-tn-dal repair shop. A U'ue
stiN k of Iron, steel and horehto Is consiuntly kpl on
hand at this shop.
Mr. Coleman Is an expert ho ! shner a-d pays especUl
atieuliou to that line of hi trade, and caii Hit n lio- to nit
anv horseman's notion. Mr. Co'em-n i a young hlaiksmitn
wl olias had a Is rue amount of experien.e audcaud mfeater
rsnge of biislners than Is n'len Initud capable in one tnn,
owing to th- fact that he had his Irn'iilng in a la'ge general
I op and had the la-rl advantages and made the most of his
npportu. lilies, lie ha just ched n pm-pernus y ar of Im-i.
m ss and Hatters hlmseli that hii shop Is now lnjtter fitted
.1 an ever to turn out work,
CoosBiy Weather
The following table rf tainfall and
temperature is kindly furnished hy rhf.
Cnkn, wiither observer at the ItailroAd
depot :
The rain fall lir oath month for IIKrJ,
Inch
.Ian r 12
F-l, 15 no
Mar II Id
Apr 11 41
M y 4 17
luint 1 II
Jit'y 1 45
Aug til
r-ept S-"
Oct S 5
Nov 14 IC.l
I no 111 S
lotal preclpitHtion lU 7(1
Number ol days on which it tallied
waa IH2,
The average monthly temperature lor
the year UH)J.
.Ian 411
Feb -.'(I
Mnr 4H
Apr -IS
May fit
June Ml
.Inly G2
A g r.i
Hept CH
(I'l f
Nev 48
Vox 45
The oldest was January 'Jll'.li which
waa 25 above z-ro,
Tl o hutlitt was September H t It widen
wai-HI
Niiinli rofdaynn which ik temper
nl 11 re whh below .'12 was '.'8.
The number nl dxvr on w hieh the tern-1-erHture
v hh Hboe 7li, WBt-U
Union Butcher Shop.
Flanagan & Bennett
Bank
JJlllF.CTOltS: T. H.Shcii
(I1111, J. W. lionncii; 1'ltKS ;
mill. II. Flnnnijnn, VICK
1MIK8.; It. F. Willlnint,
CASH I Kit.
Capital, $59,000.
MARSUFIKLD, OREGON.
The Pioneer Society
T UK Coos County Pioneer and Historical Society was
nrusnized at Criptille l.'lty Oregon, on November 5th
1H1U, with Judge P. L. Lowe, president and O.-vil
Dixlire secretary.
Among the many pioneers present at that time were
the tirr-l whPe women to settle in this county, as
follows: Mrs K-ter M (.ockhnrr, Mrs. Capt. Jackson and
Mrs. Kt za Yoakam ill having arrivtl fn .he year 1853. M-a
lM'kbart ami Mrs Jicknn are still living on Coos Hay while
nnlv Uet year Mr Yoakam to k up I er re ii'ncein Ca'l
f ruia. Mrs. J Fre.1 Schroeder wjb al'n present, she being
the first white child Imrn in Oregon, in 1813, on Clatsop plains
n-ar the mouth of the Columbia river, and a pioneer of Ccos
comity al-o.
Among the early pioneers with us todty la John Flanagan
of Kmpire Cltv, who arrived in the year 1850. Among others
having arrived in 18-MI, wh have w lift u, covering the half
e-nMt y mark, as i.iIIomh: Dan Haywood, 04U Gllej, B. F.
Kosn and W. I). I. F. Smith.
Thi society meets eich alternate yr on the Bav and
Ciqul lo Ittver, at th- diff-reiit towns" by invitation "of its
meiiilHrs, who g 1 to uuk 1 tin rxuuio'i a success, an 1 one to
be remembered am mg the HtAny pleasant ones past.
At this late am. buav dav toi little time is given to the
early hl-iory of our county. Too much cannot be told of those
who prsM-d through the uUI and hard-hips to build thla
couuirv into a land of -ace. and plenty, a laud fit for a king,
in winter or summer, in auiu-hine c rain.
The 1'Jth an- ual reunion was h-ld in MArshfield. in Aug
ust, I!hi2. and eecilJ. Henrv Sch oeder, president and
K"-not U-rinann s.cretarv, to meet at Myrtle Point on thn
II h of August, and at J. Ftt-tl Sclito.-der'e place ou the lG'h
day of August, 1IKX1.
I Tll'TM VhrlJ IswIIKe jBttiH I
George's