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About Weekly coast mail. (Marshfield, Coos County, Or.) 1902-1906 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1903)
r W-r'V"VfMM t rr f CYCLONE . . , SEASON OPENS i'ir ' Property and Some Lives Lost Middle West Visited by a Twister m i , Kuniai CI';', Martf-Tlio (Irn't tlctnl'la o! ii ciduiiii which nlitaact demolished Citrimm, Oklahoma, ucru tecttlved loduy. For covornl honrs prior to iliu dorm tlio wind was so erratic that nil inhabl tnnla lied to tlio ntonn collars, account ing lor iliu tnml! iuoi of life only onu be Ina killed or Injured, although the jiroporty devastation wn complete, Nino uloron r.ml factories, two chutchcD, two hotels, thrco lumber ynides three livery ttnb'.cs, tiix rcoi dutices woru uainbletoly destroyed, r.ml a wholu row of otorui were smathod In. Lincoln Nub, .May ' I'.uilluo, n (own Ifi miles tutith cf Hustings ii lopertwl to linvo been deitroyid by n twrnndo nnd tlx pooplu were ii.iul. All Kirn utudwnnud ilet i.l tiro inoagrt'. Tbc town escaped lotlous dnmngu but tho ttorm swept tliu f.umlug country two miles out. Tlio crctlon In tho heart of tho storm mas swept bare, nnd homes u.tro torn nnd twlatcd into rplintois. Nor in fin wns also twopt by a cyclone, nnd toven werukillcl. A iiumlxir of houses nt Fairfield In tlio storm's rntb "fro destroyed, mid eight persons nro missing and boliivcd to have been killsd. Wiron southwest of hero nru nil down. f Omahn May "3 Spot InU rocchoJ icio aliow that 21 persons Tvuru killed altogether in thin morning's lornndo In Kearney and Adamn county. A Relief train baa burnt sent from Hastings. THE INVALIDS' HOTEL 'Tho Ideal Modern Improved Hos pital It If gonornlly thocoso tlmt wbon aomo grea't modorn Imprnvomont of old moth oda of bualm-r-B la put forward, tho world rHys, "How fllmplol Why didn't somo body think of It buforo?" rt'hcn you roul of nn "Invalid' Hotel" ns tho modorn hospital ideal, tho thought nt onco cornea, "What n groat Improve ment. Why dldnt somebody thrnk of it before?" Tho Invalldn' Hotel nnd Surgical Inetitutu, oi Buffalo, N. V., tlio unlquo tnodol of modicnl nnd nurglcu! progress, nwco Its cxhlntnnco to its founder, Dr. It, V l'loice, nnd tho rnro comminution of huohieea uctiwim nnd profoeslonnl ability which hu poseosaca lu n marked degree. Moat people dread tho tllouyht of tho ordinnry hospital, howovor bouoflciont tho Institution tuny bo, In Ihn popular mind tho hospital ia next to a prison ; n place whoio Identity in loot, mid n man or womiui bcoornea merely n "case" for tho experiments of doctors nud Burgeons. With his cxporlenco tho thought oc9iirrod to Dr. Piureo, wliy not put tliu hospital on a hotel bnala? "Why not lot tho patlont proaorvo hiaindivldu nlity nud Identity, nnd lead nn oxli nnco aa Indopendont nnd (reo no tho condition of invalidism will allow? And bo was bprn nnd built the "Invallda' Hofol, "whoso welters nro wliUo-clolhed men nud while-capped wotnon nurses. Hero nro no great uronry wards, echoing with Ilia moaning of tho ulck, hot ropnr nto rooms, nn in nn ordinnry hotel, with extraordinary hotel service, lliofceivniits being ukillod physicians ami nurses., Tlio InynUdn' llolol mid Horglcn Inotltulo 1) provided with ovary modern nppllitt:eo for tliu electrical or mcchntil cat trvntmonl of dleno. Nearly a tcorc of phyuiclnue (each n epocinlltt In lilf do pnrlment) nro In con & Hint ntlcndnucuon the Inmates. Ivverythlng that can tonduce to comfort r.nd home-llhcnras in provided by Dr. l'Jerro for bin jjuittt, mid the lights nnd fni.inJii nud hid '.III of tho public hodpl'.al are entirely n voided, Undoubtedly Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotol ntid Surgical Institute, of ISuffAlo X, Y., Is the Ideal modern bofpit.il, BUYING TIMBER LAND. Lumber Man Invests Heavily Alone: Columbia River. V. V. Ilovmcn, a largo lumber mill owner of the Eit, who lives nt I'orrcrt, I'n., complntud n deal Tuerdny by which ho pureluft&d over .'10.10 ncron of timber along the UlatiJiiUilu Hiver, making n trnct of about 10.000 ncrcs thr.t ho has recently purchnaed a that vicinity. Mr. Honman's supply of titnbor In the Ivirt h fast IkcoiiiIuu exhausted, mid he conto:npl.toH movlru to the Coast, nnd u III erect n largo plant in the Lower Columbia I'.lvar dittrlct. All of his re eently ncqulrcd timber land lu that arc lion is (atlly Bcccttnblo to the tido water. A Pastor's Dream I droimoJ one night that I was har nessed to a carriage, nttomptlug to draw It through tho mud in front of my houee. How or -why I bnd been neilgncd to this (.ask I did not know, but there I was, pulling with all my might, as if I had been the beat carrbgu horeo in town. Hack of ttio carriago were the memfeora ot my cotiKtegntion, pushing to help me alonj. All wint Hull until wocamo to n placu nut far from tho church whero the mud was very deep. Hero the car riage drew so htuvlly that I gasped for breath and almost sank from extinc tion. Tho more I pulled, tho harder it became, until I Mopped to look Info the situation. I went to tho rear to consult tho congregation, but, strango to eny, they were ;iot there. I called, but there was no nnwur I looked about, but was entirely mystified until I happened to r-c one of tho deacons looking complac ently out of tho tarriago window. Upon oponlngxtho door of tho vehiclo, what was my Astonishment to behold the whole congroeation sitting comfortably iiiehlo. Woiklng Church. It Will be Remembered Myrtle Point Entorprioe. Wo have been informed by of one the poet commanders ol Ool. Jewel Post O. A. It., of this place, that Hon. lHogor Hermann has practically furnished freo his splendid hull for tho Post ovor slnoi it was organlzsd about ton years ago, nijd has furulihod tho opora hall froo each decoration day. In many other ways ho has ropostedly shown n deslro to do all ho could for tbo deferd ors of "Old Glory" In obtaining pons!onB or pushing their claims nlong. ns fast hs posjlblo. Ho ir.trod.uced tho bill to ponslon tho Indian wnr veterans raid fought thoea K.iaturn s'.ntesmon toilnlsh on tltnt bill, which no doubt would havo becomo n law two years boforo It flnnlly paevul, had Hermann bcon returned to Congrcso. These being facts, would it bo consistent for 0. A. It. uion or any Indian wnr vctor.uis to voto against n man that tlioy know lias their iutcrcala nt lioart, WANTED-SEVEHAL INDU8TRI ous poreons in ouch otato to travel (or hnuso eutnbllpluid cloven years nnd with n largo capital, to caII upon merchants and ngouts for succeesful nnd profitable line, rormnnentDngngoment. Weokly cash salnry of (18 nud nil trnvollug ex pense.i and hotel billd advanced in cash eAch.week.'Kxperlenco not bssonMal Mention referonco nnd oneloeo! sH-ad-dresmd envolopo. THE NATIONAL, 331 Dearborn Bt Chicago, SETTLE- m n f ML w u ALL OFF Situation at Chicago Much Worse Conference Break up in a Row Capital and Labor Defy Each Other Chicago, May 25 Tho prospect for poico, whl:h lookod bright in tho Chi cago labor crisir, vanished this' morning ut n conforeuco which ended with tho cmployem nnd labor leaders hurling do flanco at csch other. Prcs. Hchrad of -tho Kodrrntion of La bor nnd the Employers Association com mltteo mot n committee of tho laundry workers, to eottlo tho strike of 7,000 laundry employees. The unions waived nil rights but the right to strike, and demanded increased wages which the laundry owners wcro willing to accept, but tho Employers Association to which tho laundry em ployers belong ilatly refused to permit n cuttlcmcut nn this basis. Tho Asso ciation offered a subatituto agreement, which tho unions declare nn undisjuieed plot to gradually weed out tho un ionists. The employers association threaten ed to keep tho strikors out of employ ment forever. Rcrndt rotalinted tba uot an engineer, fireman nr any other omployro would ever bo permitted to roturn to work until a difforonf. spirits was shown, Immediately nftor tho c onference bo advertised tho mon to start to seek other employment ns n means of remaining out indefinitely. Tho nttltudo of tho railways also un derwent a change, from that of concilia tion to dcflanco for tho freight handlers. Tlio granting of tho demands of the stook yards men, waiters nud bartenders, embracing 3,000 workors, which yester day seemed imminent, todny teems farther away than ever, Tho Union regard tho ouddon and uuoxpected change of attitudo of tho employees as ovldenco that It was agreed laBt night at a secret mooting tho Enployoes Assn. to mako tho fight against local labor a death strugglo. Tlioy predict that unless coucefislons are mado beforo Juuo 1 Chicago will be parallzod otrlkos of moro than 0,000 mon. Tho Employora Asssciation now throatona to lock out SOOJ arbors, 9000 froight bailors, 12.0C0 restaurant em ployees and 20,000 stockyard men, IT COSTS YOU MORE TO GET MARRIED NOW The New Law Advances various Fees and Clerks Charges After thta anothor item is to bo con sidered when couples on matrimony bent start in to figure up the cost of married life. Thursday ,, morning, when tba County Clerk'i ohlce opened, the pries of mnrringo license, in rcspons'o to it law pnicod at tho last session of tho Legisla ture, Jumped from $2.25 to (3. tThe provision of tho now foo law te creaecn tho cot of acknowledgments from 25 conts to CO cents, end here nfler tvfcoofjl will bo charged for re cording articles on incorporalion, in nlcnd of CO cent, ns before. During the last few dayfl thero lino been nn unusual rush in filing incorporation articles, in ordor to hnvo thorn entered under the provisions of tho old atntuo. cikuk'h ruK (0. ltcrcaftcr when n caso comes to trial or hearing in the Statu Circuit Court, n Oicik'o fto of (0 will bo charged. ThLs feo will be collected on all actions at Jaw, demurrers, ropiies, cct,, wbencvor Ihey ccmu to n hoarin beforo tho court, It is not necessary now that llieio be final, as heretofore, nnd it is in this re npect that tho new law !b different from tho old ono. Formerly a hearing has been final beforo tho Clerk's fee wbo col lccUd. Tlio now provisions omits tlio word final, and makes tlio law read in nubtlnnco that when an action cornea for hearing or trial (bo feo shall be chnrged. Tho effect of theso various changes will bo to materially increnso the re ceipts from feo charges from this, dato on. The Circuit Court fee of fO applies to counties having n population of W), 000, and at tliia time Affects Multnomah County alone. YOUNG FOLKS EXCURSION TO THE LIGHT HOUSE Tho launch rido to Charleston bay nnd tho ligbthouie. given by J. K. Tower and Zdgar Campbell to some of their young filends on Saturday last was'a very enjoynble affair. The party of ycung people chaperoned by Mrs. Minott, and Mrs. Taylor loft Mnrshfiold at 0 o'clock on Larten'a launch. They reached Charleston bay without a mishap, whero they landed and bad lunch. Then they started for tho light houso on foot but soon prcoted n wagon into service and rodo tbo rest of tbo way. After spending considera ble time at tho lighthouse they .walked over to Big creek and back; then again took the wagon for Charleston, reach ing homo in tho evening a tired but hap py company. Tboso in tho parly were Mrs. Minott, Mrs Taylor; MUses Alice Bay McCor nittc; Jean McClurc, Kathleen Bennett, Delia Doll Chapmann, Gcnevievo Mabel Eengstackon, Vera Vivian Tnylor, Edyth Ruth Strange, Bolletta Goldlo Lsrson, Nclllo Marie Johnson, Marie Barbara Minott, Jennie Mario Bonnptt, Stolla Gulovaon, Francis Elizabeth Twombly, Messrs Wm Carl Burnott, Thomas Tank ervllle Bennett, Walter Entrleslo But lor, Isaac Kubs Tower, Samuel Marsden, Bert Dimmick, Jay B Towor, dgar Al len Campbell', PRESIDENT WAS INVITED BUT COULDN'T COME Prasldcnt Rooeevolt did not visit Coos Bay, but it was not a case ot "ha lo Invito," ns the following tolegraphic correspondence will Bhow, To President Theodoro iloosorolt, San Francisco. Tho Coos Bay Chamber of commorca welcomes you to tho Pacific Coast and extonds to you and your party an ur gent in7ltatibn to visit our bay. L. J, Simtson Presidont, L. J. Simpbok, . President O. B, CbamberOommerce, North Bend, Or. Your telegram received. Tho Presi dent thanks you for your invitation, but tho itinerary, as already arranged, will not porinit such a visit. Wm. Loku, Secretary, tVfaore Cfcmela Are Clothed. In Somipnlatlnsk, whero tho enmol ia found, tho annual variation of. torn pcruturo sometimes reaches. 8?3 de crees. In custom Asia winter Is tho time tho nnlmhls 'aro made to work. I fa. very ,Jn tense cold they are sowed tip TEDDY TIIDMO i unit 0 D President Now on The Homestretch AboutFaggedOutWIth The Strain North Yakima, May 23 I'rcsidont Roosevelt has turned the outward mark of his long Journey and is now home ward bound. Ho is glad tho end of tho trip is nenring ns it is more than ho bar gained for. He is well fogged out, and his strong body is showing the Eevero strain. However the rest of tbo trip is easy. IN LAND OF FRUIT AND FLOWERS Marshfleld Minister Waxes Enthu siastic Dear CowMah,: If your readers wish to Hunday in a quiet, delightful valley or baeln, in a Iov,ely town of 5000 people, surronnded by green fields of strawberries nnd apple orchards galore I recommend that they spond it hero in Watsonrille, Ca.1 on tho banks of tbo V ejon river, 6 miles from Monterey Bay. After r day m San Francisco with frenda and doing the City In n small way, a 33rd cousin of mine, strange to say, whceo name, by tho way, Is Strango, very Btrangoly invited mo to Join tbo Methodists, about 1503 of them, in a picnic excursion, on Saturday, tho 10th inst. down the Santa Clara valloy, past San Jose and T.os Gatos, to Sunset Park in tbo Santa Cruz mountains. We left the city at 9 a. m. two long trains of us, and reached the Park at nocn dusty and hungry. It ia an ideal spot for n picnic aud is well fitted by nature and man'd artifice for Juftt such an occasion. Well, I need not Inform you that, I was a tUM'tiasa aictuouiat mat uny, first-class especially at tho lunch, and my Strange x friend and wifo had an abundance When tho afternoon was well nigh gone I boarded tho train for Santa Cruz and was whirled thro the mountains of grand and gorgeous scenery, past the big trees and down the San Lorenzo valloy to Santo Cruz, on the bay of Montorey, when I changed cars and was 'Bon bbro n tue home of como old Aeh- Hand frienda who gave mon warm wel come, nnd aro giving me a most enjoy- bale timo nnd aro taking. mo to see somo other good friends who livo horo in this famous valley of , strawberries, apples nnd various other products. This is truly a. land of ilowore and Bunshlno, end tho wmd blows Juet as on Coos Bav, Tomorrow I Bball movo on to Santa Barbara nnd remain there over night with friends, so uh to take tho wholo journey to Lost Angeles by day. In coming hero 1 passed thro fields of now mado hay, apricot orchards and vineyards, revealing means ol production and resources of prosperity most amazing. One tees evidoncea of expansion, devel opment and progress all nlong the lines. There is every thing in this country to please the oensoB, gratify overy puro oppetito and encourago every lawful pur suit. F. U, Strang u( Wataonvillo, Cal, May 18th, 1003. STATB AND GENERAL NEWsT) Union has aq improvement club. Union, Oregon is extending ita city limits. Port Orford expects to celebrate the Al sit ..Tnli. ' ' i The Baker City high echool graduated lO'thiiVear, 20 BACK r . gg llaknr City h go'.tlitg out a lMiMplito t for advertising purpofos,-' v ,. Tho Ror nbur ichof I fund has reesjilly been enriched by (1000 from fines of gamblers. . ' ThoCoiya11l xi,T company, is hay ins a tnsstfl'wKh (ho -city . council 'iu ' maintaMnhig their rales.'' v. GrantH Pass has AtWrnl $10(W ar.'uftV Jy for the CnruiIe Library" nnd tk . proffered gift will now bo accepted. The 81th nulvea of Norway's Ifroa. dom from tbo tho Danish joke will be celebrated by Noiwejlanp' nt AstQrla nexl Monday, Charles Ix)rcnz, r young man In 'tha employ of Wi II. t yda.'ot Fcroit Goys, at hii saw mill nine n.ilcs nortli, brosa ills leit leg near tuo aukio neunc'in.;'. Willianj Slcklos of Grass valley wan i burned to death nnd his ft-;cd wife so terribly Injured that hcr'llfo is despaired of in tho destruction fi their lfJme Thursday. Tb Aatorb School Board held c. rpic ial meeting Tuesday nnd direct'd the clerk to mako a formal request on the Secretary of state for a loan .frorrtjlhe stjato chool funds to'tafco up tho lo.'fOO of bonded indebtedness that luJUuie, in a few weeks. A now saw mill is to bo erected nt Wnrronton Clatoop County. Ex-Governor Good bus retnruod tu ins homeatralem. Judge Boise wants f&100 from tbo city . of Dallas on account of some pronosod waterworks interfering with his proper ty thorp. It will bo triod beforo Judg'o, Burnitt' next Monday. m Tho Roseburg public enhool hat cto Tho First Methodist Church of Ore gon City will be rededicatod on Sunday Jnno21. Bishop Cranston, of Portland . Trill preach tbo dedicatory sermon. Otcar Larson, an cmployo at tho Deep River Logging ; Company's camp, was brought to the hospital nt Astorl Fri day for attendance. Whltu working in the camp a log rolled over him, crushing his hip And inflicting Internal'' injuries. In, Baiter City Friday, E. AV. li ates a bogus Government official was bound over for trial iu bonds of $ 500 on tho charge of fraudulently obtaining 3Q from Charles Le Branch', n Ms E wen calocn-keeper. ( Tho Spring examination of applicants for admission to the to tho bar was held by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Ma 20, at 1 p. m. Hillsboro is to havo a condenced, milk factory. The Washington County vetprpq as sociation is to encamp at Hillsboro, July 1 will celebrato the 4th at Hillsboro. July 5th is special election day to set tle tho moving of the county seat of Columbia county, St. nolens. Raincr and Clnckaman nro the qnudldatej . Tho Stato Board of Building Cdmmis sionrra have asked for proposals.for tlio lighting of the penitentiary, insane asy lum, Capitol building and blind 'echool with both arc and incandoceut electriu lights. A.M. A''', au electrical on gecner from San JFrancu-co, hr.3 been eu- gageJ as contuttiug englneo'' py tbo board, and no Is now at oik maklc specifications by which tho bids will b.o mode. The proposals aro to buopenuti on Mondai', July 0, nud if it Ii found that nil of tho propositions art) too high the board will make preparations td construct an electno plant at tho poni tentlary and furnish light for ths atata institution. Tim post-office at Oregon City has been raised to tho tccond-class. novrapapera tu- :t""- A good layer of nowspopera under neath n carpet will prevent all dnngee . from moths, which lmvo n Rteong oht . jectlon to printers' Ink nnd ,wlll noi I como anywhero hear It to 'lay ther oggs. Two Fact About Air I If n well could bo dug to tho do . of forty-elx miles. iht ilensjtty oXth& air at tho bottom vould bo us gre as thui of qnlcksilvcr. By tho same ktw u cubic inch ot ,ulr taken 4,00&h)llv nbnva thn enrth'n tuirfniHi rniiI(fTnuti4 Butttclently to fill n aphcre 2,ob5;0W,Cl65, Ullaa la dlaniotcr ,.. . '.'.., A Vr 1 it I. 4u. i -a tiSK. TJBirtMtj" -.,.. .Trurriteiii immf - - ' " nrnwn trTrrnMiff-TnMI r I mi i n ...... i rnwn .