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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1907.
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CORBETT TELLS PORTLAND
TRADERS TO BRANCH OUT
President of Willamette Iron and Steel Works After Visit
to Bay, Shows Portland She Should Have
Coos Bay Business.
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Tho gentleman Interviewed In tho
article below Is a nephew of tho lato
Senator II. W. Corbett, and Is ad
ministrator of tho estate, valued at
?10,000,000. While on Coos Bay
ho met Mr. A. C. Going, an old per
sonal friend. Mr. Going Is partner In
tho firm of Lowenberg & Going Co.,
of Portland, tho largest manufactur
ers of stoves and ranges on tho Paci
fic coast. Mr. Going's son Is a mem
ber of tho firm of Going & Harvey,
furniture dealers of this city.
Whllo Mr. Corbett was hero Mr.
Going took great pains in showing
Mr. Corbett everything of Interest.
It is not much wonder that
Mr. Corbett learned tho "Coos Bay
Talk."
(Portland Journal.)
W. H. Corbett, president of the
Willamette Iron & Steel works, has
returned from a trip through Coos
bay district in western Oregon en
thused with its prospects and point
ing out tho way that Portland may
take advantage of her present op
portunity to establish herself firmly
as tho point of Bupply for western
Oregon.
According to Mr. Corbett the pres
ent conditions are tho result of tho
San Francisco earthquake and tho re
cent rapid growth of the Coos bay
country. Prior to the earthquake
Coos bay depended largely upon San
Francisco as its market. Portland,
although nearer, made little or no
effort to cut In on tho Coos bay
trade, principally because It could
get everything It wanted at Its own
doors. Sinco the demoralization of
tho California trade, however, Coos
Bas has been compelled to look to
wards Portland for many things.
Business If They AVimt It.
Whether this city establishes it
self firmly In Coos bay lies entirely
with tho wholesalers and jobbers, it
is said. If they go after the business
that an enltrely new and very rich
field offers it is Mr. Corbett's opin
ion that they can get and retain It
if they do not it is bound to revert
to San Francisco.
"I was surprised beyond all meas-
uro by tho opportunities presented
for close business relations with this
city," said Mr. Corbett. "But In or
der to take advantage of them
prompt action Is necessary and lib
eral and broad-minded policies must
bo established. Tho people of Coos
Bay need what we have and no other
city is so favorably located to supply
them with what they want. But
prompt and efficient service and fair
prices must be the keynote to such
an arrangement If It Is to be ours
permanently.
"At present Portland has decidedly
tho advantage in transportation fa
cilities. She has the Southern Pa
cific Breakwater making weekly
trips and she has tho steamer Al
liance, although temporarily out of
commission, San Francisco on the
other hand has but one steamer a
week and rates are higher.
Three Towns of Importance.
"The Southern Pacific Is extend
ing its road at great expense to
Coos Bay In itself a sufficient guar
antee of the importance of tho dis
trict and will be In the district
within two years. When that is com
pleted Coos Bay will bo brought
nearer than ever to Portland but
unless she is treated fairly by us
now that will count for little then.
If Portland tries to establish her
solf in tho Coos Bay country she can
do so, but if she doesn't try San
Francisco will and San Francisco will
bo the one to profit by the growth
and prosperity of western Oregon."
There aro three towns of import
ance on tho bay Itself Marshfield,
North Bend and Empire. All are
growing and wideawake and need
tho very things that Portland's
.wholesalers want to sell.
Coos Hay's Pino Harbor.
Typical of the character of the
new concerns locating in the district
is tho C. A. Smith Lumber company,
which has completed a sawmill of
250,000 dally Capacity, which will
probably be doubled in tho future.
The buildings of tho company were
constructed of concrete In the most
substantial way.
"No placo on the coast has a finer
harbor than Coos Bay provides,"
said Mr. Corbett. "The tides are
swift enough to thoroughly clean out
tho silt in tho bay so that there Is a
nnmnnrntivpiv small bar at tho en-
center and has sawmills, planing
mills and other largo commercial en
terprises. Empire, the oldest town
and tho one nearest tho mmith r
tho bay, is another solid place.
Trade Is Waiting.
"There Is a disposition on the
part of tho people of Coos Bay to es
tablish friendly trade relations with
Portland their natural supply point.
C J. Minis, formerly livetsock agent
for tho O. It. & N. is now vice presi
dent and general manager of tho
Coos Bay, Roseburg & Eastern rail
road & Navigation company, and of
tho Portland & Coos Bay Steamship
company. Ho Is anxious to push the
Portland trade, but cannot force
Portland jobbers to send their men
Into this country. With the idea of
makingT-thelr place more attractive
to strangers and to accommodate the
rapidly growing business of the
town, Marshfield is putting
$75,000 concrete hotel.
"Ono difficulty is that the two
chief products that Coos Bay has to
offer aro lumber and coal. Portland
has all tho lumber it wants at its own
door. But it needs coal and Coos
Bay has plenty of it. If Portland
wants to exchange what she has
for Coos Bay's coal and for her spe
cial varieties of timber such as the
Port Orford cedar, she will find
everyone In western Oregon anxious
to boost for her and her goods."
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Tho 111-smelllng, sickly ' odor
which often clings to washing even
after It Is dried, starched and ironed
Is caused by Imperfect and Impure
soap. Uso GASENE and all gar
ments washed with same will be
sanitary, spotlessly white and smell
fresh and sweet.
OREGON DEATH RATE
ONLY 8 IN A ) ,000
State Board of Health Report Is As
tounding Climate Is
Given as Cause.
Oregon's death rate is only eight
In every 1000 Inhabitants, based on
a population of G00.000, according to
tho semi-annual report of the state
board of health, which was recently
issued. This is considered an ex
tremely low death rato and may be
the lowest of any state In tho Union.
Many factors assist In increasing
the longevity of the Inhabitants of
this state and in keeping the death
rate so low, and especially the equi
table climate, the abundance of rain
and the large rural population. One
surprising feature of the report is
that of the total 2408 deaths re
ported during the half year, 110
were from old age, or an average of
ono to every 20, who live longer than
the prescribed three-score years and
ten.
Of tho total number of deaths re
ported 255 were due to tuberculosis,
making about one out of every ten
deaths due to this cause. Of tho
remainder, 35 deaths were due to ty
phoid fever, 30 to diphtheria, six to
scarlet fover, seven to measles, one to
smallpox, 101 to whooping cough,
erysipelas, cerebro-splnal meningitis,
etc., making a total of 180 deaths
due to infectious diseases other than
tuberculosis.
Of other causes of death 283 cases
were due to diseases of the circula
tory system, 111 to cancer, 310 to
diseases of tho respiratory system
other than tuberculosis, 241 to pneu
monia, 128 from diseases of the kid
neys, 124 to diseases of the digestive
tract.
A total of 219 people met violent
deaths, of which 28 deaths were sui
cides. The board is especially anxious to
prevent as far as possible tho rav
ages of typhoid fever and makes
many suggestions to be followed in
handling tho disease. They are:
Typhoid fever cases must bo re
ported and tho county or city phy
sician should make it his duty to de
termine in all cases reported to him
tho source of the infection and er
adicate it. Milk and water aro un
doubtedly the Important carriers of
typhoid fever organisms and should
bo investigated in every case. Iso
lation should be enforcd as rigidly
as possible, and thofamllyand friends
warned of the dangers of contracting
the disease, and tho necessity and
manner of disinfection and disposal
of refuse. There is no doubt but
that convalscent typhoid fever pa
trance to tho harbor much less of a ' tlents aro tho cause of many other
ono than tho Columbia river bar. jwlse unexplalnablo cases arising of
The town of Marshfield with, ten in isolated communities, and ire
good stores and banks is tho com-lquently producing most serious local
marclal center of the district. North
Bend is the result of the capital and
.genius of practically one man Louis
Simpson. It Is a manufacturing
epidemics. In this connection, every
city should guard Us water supply
against all possible sources of con
tamination, and when a doubt exists
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'The tenant pays
lord and helps
court to a land-
support him, and
forgets how easily he himself
may become a landlord."
THE easy payment plan, so generally in use in the past ten years,
has enabled thousands to own their own homes who would'
never have been able to do it if they had had to pay for them
in a lump sum,
HY? Because the majority of people do not save system
atically, They know they could if they tried but they
keep putting it off thinking, "we will begin next
month," The easy payment plan encourages you to save "this
-and gives you "something to show" for what you would
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month'
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ET us show you BAY PARK and explain our easy payment
plan we believe you will be immensely pleased with the prop
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ACROSS FROM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Ofc$3
as to Its purity It becomes tho duty
of the city board of health, consist
ing as It does of tho mayor, com
mon council and city health officer,
to take prompt measures to correct
the condition, or If this Is Impossible,
to warn tho citizens of the danger
and enforce tho use of boiled water.
Tho greatest danger from typhoid
fover Is during the summer and fall
months, and especially following the
early heavy fall rains, which sweep
all kinds of surface contamination
into water supplies and rapidly per
colate through tho ground and fill up
wells that have become low from lack
of moisture and constant usage dur
ing the summer.
New Hats aro arriving by every
steamer; also we aro trimming hats
of new design every day. You are
cordially Invited to Inspect them.
Clarko.
See Haines' ad. on pago 8.
Dr, J. G. Goble, tho well known
optlcUi, f Uattmti, Ore., will visit
all Coos By towns .during Sept.
For dta see this paper later.
4 $ t$ $ i f -$ $ J ! $ J $ $ J
AT THE HOTELS.
Blanco C. F. Byrne, San Fran
cisco, E. B. Duffy, Portland; Miss
Burton, F. B. Waite, Z. T. SIglln, Jas.
L. Ferrey, J. B. Groat, Portland; J.
L. Flaimcpn, Portland; II. J. Work
man, J.v IC. Nash, Goldendale, Wn.;
G. Rfsinon, Crookston; F. Wedel,
Florence; C. C. Taggart, Harvy Nel
son, J, 'At Twogood, Jos. E. Marcy,
Winnebago, Minn.; C. J. Wesley,
Salt Lake, C. M. Howard, Bandon,
Central John McPherson, B. R.
Dixon, W. J.Ward, D. L. Footo, Nor
way; A. O. Foote, J. S. Miller, An
drew Johnson, Olaf. BJerke, E. Endl
cott, A. Welch, W. Bailey, W. Naglo,
A. J, White, J. J. Dunn, Lawrenco
Kalb.
Mrs. L, M. Perry, of North Bend,
doesn't want tho ladles to forgot that
she has tho right hats at tho right
prices.
Edison Monthly Records Re
ceived the 27th of each month, W.
R. Haines Music Co.
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TRY CORTHELL'S
DELICATESSEN
2nd and C Streets
Phone 561
For good things to cat. Special va
riety in ICE CREAM, IJostoa Baked
Beans and Brown Bread, Boiled Ham,
Veal Pot I'io. A variety in Cakes
and Pics.
JOB WORK.
Perhaps you have been hold-
oif your Job work. The Times
is ready to do it for you. Gus
Kramer 1m in charge of the
Times Job department and will
give you figures on any work
you want.
IIus Largo Lumber Order.
C. Mc Johnson, of tho Johnson
Lyons saw mill company which la
about to commence operations near
Prosper, has just returned from San
Fransclco whore ho went to Bell lum
ber. Ho returned with an order for
threo million feet, which goes to
Sudden & Chrlstenson, of tho Bay
city.
Read tho Want Ads on pago 7.
Read the Want Aas on page 7.
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