THE DAILY CQQS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1907.
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All over Scandinavia great excite
ment and sensation has been caused
by' a thirteen-year-old Norwegian
boy, John Floettum, who seems to be
poirtcssed of a most phenomenal
clafrVoyant power. More than six
months ngo somebody at SInegaas,
whibro the boy Is living, observed the
roalarkable ability which he had
shown in finding lost things and
persons.
At.flrst no special notice was taken
of It; but about a fortnight ago a
commorclal traveler, living In the
Oasterdal valley, was missed. Some
body took the opportunity to speak
about the boy's remarkable power to
thb police, who for nearly a week
had tried In vain to trace the miss
ing, traveler.
John Floettum tras appealed to
and without hesitation the boy Indi
cated a river, about twenty miles
away, whore tha. body was promptly
found.
Tho method adopted was as fol
lows: A photograph of the missing
nau was shown .to tho boy, who
closoly oxamlncd it. After a short
visit at the hbiise where the, man
boty lived, the boy, escorted by two
Norwegian policemen, started In the
direction which ho Instantly ''Indicated-'
After a short walk tho boy, sud
denly stopped, exclaiming: "Wo are
on .tho right way. Hero the man
lately sat down." After a few min
utes' stay tho boy continued his
walk. Though many people followed
the boy and the policeman, tho boy
did not take any notice of them. He
followed rapidly tile course which he
hnli laid. (out, and, although it was
dark, ho requested tho police to fpl-lbw-shlm
until ho had found a tree
wtiero ho had seen that the man
should liavo lost a handkerchief.
After onoi hour's walk a tree was
found, where a handkerchief was
lying. It was tho property of tho
midline Tnnn TlV tills tllTIO thf llOV1
was' bo exhausted that he said it was
nec0)8sary to give up that day fur
ther walking.
Early next morning the boy arose
and told tho policeman that In the
night ho had seen the body of tho
maii at the bottom of the river which
he had indicated. THe boy went
straight to the river, whore a boat
was' at thb shore. He, together with
tho';!pollce;and two fishermen, steered
in .the direction which the boy in
dicated. Suddenly he cried out:
"Hero you are," and at tho bottom
of 'tho rlVer where tho boat stopped
the'body wasedh lying in about one
and a half fathoms of water.
The news of tho incident rapidly
spread over Norway, and an enor
mous consternation arose among the
Norwegian peasants. The boy was
sent back to" Slhgaas, where hl
mother, a poor, woman, lives. Tho
fattier dled?tHree years ago. His
parents have "six children, of whom
hoi'waB the ' fourth. His oldest
brother Is working as a fireman.
The next1 two are sisters, who arc
serving as chamber maids. Tho two
youngest children, a boy and a girl,
are at homo at Slngaas. Johns
school toaoher, Mr. Morseth, sixty
years old, says:
"I nover cared for such experi
ments, which I always considered a
waste of time, but now I believe It my
duty to say that I am fully con
vinced about the remarkable sense
of the boy. Ho is a phenomenal,
clairvoyant. I have already tried
him. with several cases, and nearly
always John has had a complete suc
cess. Only in a few cases, when he
was excited, 'the experiments have
failed. But don't forget," added the
old teacher, "that John Is only a
boy "
A'sked what sort of experiments
the teacher had made with John,
Morseth said: "One . day I asked
John: 'PleaBe tell mo what I have in
my' purse?' InBtantly John replied;
A ffoldon ring, some slips of paper,
but no money.' That was quite cor
rect. Another day I told John that
thirty years ago, seventeen years be
fore John was born, I lost a gold
ring when" I was playing with the
school children in tho field. John
hedd his hand over his eyes and in a
few! minutes said: 'I see your ring
t,,i i....t, tv,n nlr Many small
lle"nSrJt looking
ground UUU mauj Ww -
torflt. There is a very thick and fat
boyho is very eageny iuo.iuB
It But with his one hand he covers
tho;,rlng for which he is so eagerly
TheBteacher now clearly recollected
tho fat boy who later died in prison.
"Besides these experiments, ne
continued, "many others could be
mentioned, but h these cases 1 suppose-
that . it was merely thought
heading. That It Is real, you may
be quite assured. In school John
was a very Intelligent boy, but he
did not caro for reading. He was
not very industrious or even clover,
but showed remarkable common
sense and much ability at drawing.
He was always Interested in all sorts
of pictures and photographs.
Pastor Brlsin, at Singaas, says:
T compare thei case- with the same
sense which we learn in thoBbeo
many of the prophets. I call your
nation to the story of King Saul,
who went to Samuel and got ,Ui U in
formation about some asses which
had disappeared from Wsfathei ?,
stable. Quite so wjth the boy John.
Last weeK me uuj .......... --
Christiana, where he was placed
wfth a fSmllT in the country, that he
might Recover from the excitement
to which he has been subjected In
thoast month. He is, however, un
der the special observation of the
well known nerve surgeon, Dr. A er
ring, who -was first very skeptical,
but after close investigation declares
that be does not deny that the boy
possesses a sixth sense of which the
scientific world has no acknowledg
er! Wef ring made several experi
ments with the boy and had success
la nearly all cases.
tTho surgeon has now agreed that
the boy next week shall take , up , tho
dltlcult task, of finding a little Nor
wegian girl. Gudrun Klaussen, who
gjsanpeared some months ago and or
whom no trace has boon found. Qun
ilrun Klaussen's disappearance
caused a sensation in Norway and
all the Scandinavian people are now
looKing iorwaru to John's Investiga
tion. Dr. Wcfrlng says: "I seo no rea
son why I should not permit John
to search for tho little girl. Ho Is
very eager to commence, and I sup
pose he will succeed. In every caso
the boy's health will be tho first
consideration. I will take tho full re
sponsibility In that direction."
By request of several people In
Christiana Dr. Wcfrlng' told the
clairvoyant boy on Friday that a
young girl, Gudrun Klalssen, has
been missed nearly three months
from her parent's home, nnd asked
John if ho could say where Gud
run was. With covered eyes and Dr.
Wcfrlng at his sido John walked at
night tlmo, through .different streets,
passing tho railway station. Sud
denly tho boy took Dr. Wefring's
hand, crying: "You must assist me,
for this is the right way." John,
who hitherto had -jvalk'ed slowly, be
gan running, drawing the doctor
with him, Only a few yards from
the harbor John stopped, exclaiming:
"I cannot go further." Dr. AVefrlng
asked why not. "I cannot go through
tho sea. Gudrun Is .not in the water,
and I cannot cross the water oh
my feet." At this moment John was
evidently somewhat nervous and ex
hausted and further experiments will,
therefore, not begin until John has
fully recovered. ,
LODGE DIRECTORY
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Meeting Nights and Officers
of Ccos Bay Orders
llli.nrn l.nfiirn. Kn. 48. A. V. Xr. A.
M. Richard Walter, W. M.; Norls
Jehsen, Secretary. Meets third
Thursday of each month. Masonic
Temple.
Arngo Chapter, No. 22, R. A. M. H.
Lockhart, High Prl'st; Albeit
Seolig, Secretary. Meets fourth
Wednesday of each month. Ma
sonic Tomplo.
Pacific Conimnudery. C. W. Tower,
Eminent Commander; Albert See
llg. Secretary. Meets fourtn Mon-
aa'y of-each month. MasonicTem
and fourth Wednesday, Odd Fol-
MASONIC.
Butler, Secretary. Meets second
Anna. Farrin, 'N. G.; Mrs. Lizzie
Western Star Lodge, Rcbckahs. Mrs
pie.
Doric Chapter, No. 53, O. B. S. Mrs.
Marsh,, W. M.; Mrs. O. Macarty,
Secretary. ' Meets second and
fourth Tuesday. Masonic Temple.
ODD FKLLOWS.
Sunset Lodge, No. 61, I. O. O. F.
L. Planz, N. G,; I. 8. Lando, Secre
tary. Moots ever Friday in Odd
Fellows Hall.
Sunset Encampment, I. O. O. F. A..
Hagenmeistor, u. i; l. . ijanao,
Scrlbo. Meets first and second
Thursdays. Odd Fellows Hall.
KNTOHTS OP PYTHIAS.
Myrtle Lodge, No. 3, K. P. Chas.
Nordstrom, u. u.; Tom uau, n.eep
er of Records. Meets first and
third Mondays, K. P. Hall.
Pythian Sisters, Laurel Temple, No.
38, Mrs. Bessie Nicholson, M. E.
C; Mrs. Nellie Whereat, M. of R.
and C. Meets first and third
Wednesdays. r
WOODMEN OF TIIE WORLD.
Camp. No. 100, W. O. W. W. P.
Murphy, C. C; W. U. Douglas,
Clerk. Meets eecond nnd fourth
Tuesdays, Odd Fellows Hall.
Coos Bay Circle, No. 164, Women of
Woodcraft.- ' Mrs. Nora Daly, G.
N.; Mrs. M. Cowan, Clerk. Meets
second and fourth Mondays, Odd
Follows Hall.
RED BEEN.
Joos Tribe, No. 33, improved Order
"ofRedmen. Hugh McLaln, Sa
chem; George Farrin, Chief of
Records. Meets Thursdays, Red
Men's Hall. .
Degree of .Pocahontas, Sacajawea
phird Thursdays. Nora Saly, Po
L?Sontas; Ora McCarty, Keeper of
Records. i
FRATERJJAL UNION OF AJD3RIOA.
T. Nlcols, F. M.r Mrs. Nellio Owen,
Secretary. Meets first and; third
Tuesdays, Odd Fellows Hall.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
BnUcr Post, No. 8, Department of
Oregon. W. E. Thorp, Com
mander; I. S. Kaufman, Adjutant;
C. W. Tower, Q... M.t Meets second
Tuesday each month; Longshore
men's Hall.
SUOMI SOCIETY.
W. M. Hagquist, President; John
Backman Secretary. Meets first
and tbird Wednesdays, hall over
Times lofflce.
EAGLES.
Mnrshfield Aerie, No; 538, Fraternal
, Order of Eagles. T. J. Lewis, W.
P.; H. McLain, Secretary. Meets
A..f Wnrinnafinv nVAnl.lf? Of each
month in Eagles' Hall on Front
street at 8 p. m. , .
Court' Coos Bay", No. 15, Foresters of
Ims.l.n WllUnm TinTlfStaff. Chief
Ranger; F. T. Sumner, Financial
Secretary.- Meets second and
fourth Saturdays in I. O. O. F.
North Bend Camp, No. 8261, M. W.
7l. P, Maloney, V. C; L. A.
Loomls, Secretary. Meeta second
and fourth Wednesdays, 8 p. m.,
Taylor's Hall. Visiting neighbors
Hall,
cordially invited to attend.
Dogreo of Honor A. O. U. W. Mascot
Lodge No. 5. Meets first and third
Tuesdays of each month In I. O.
O. F. Hall.
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
And Joiners. Meets in LongfhoTB-
' men's Hall, alternate Tuesdays at
8 p. m. Frank H. Hall, president;
JaB. Barrio, vice-president; John
Greenwood, recording secretary;
F. R. MlKer, financial secretary.
SOCIALISTS. Meetings every Fri
day evening - at Longshoremen's
JHFmD;- T" v-?t-r-.'' "'JOGON.
' Some Special Snaps
8 Choice Lots in Bunker Hill
4 Lots, corner of Sheridan and Ohio
ranjMjy.BiaEty.gpa
Elks Just In.
Complete hunting outfit consist
ing of new 30-30 Savage, been used
one week; combination money and
cartridge belt, new; .leather case,
new; Marble . hatchet and sheath,
new; Marble knife and sheath, new;
brass jointed cleaning rod, and ex
tra Marbl6 peep sight, also gold
sheard front sight. Call and see
Beloato Coos Bay Auction company,
Second street, between C and B
streets.
Dr. J. G. Goble, the well known
optician, of Mcdford, Ore., will visit
all Coos Bay towns during Sept.
For dates seo this paper later.
Rates 5c line first time, 3c lino
each succeeding insertion ..
Try a Times want ad.
FOR SALE 26 feet new power
fishing boat. Apply Max Tlmmer
man. FOR SALE Pure bred Brown Leg
horn cockrels. ?2.50 each. Seo
Jack Flanagan.
FOR RENT Half a store with nice
large windows. Call at Taylor
Piano House.
iJ'OR RENT Elegantly furnished
housekeeping and bed rooms close
in. Reasonable. Coos Bay Auction
Company.
FOR SALE Fine business block,
good Income, cheap. Furnished
rooming and boarding houses
cheap; will rent. Coos Bay Auc
tion Co.
FOR SALE Household goods, com
plete outfit. Call Times office.
LADIES wishing sewing done call on
Mrs. T. Nussel and 'Mrs. Jack
Rice, Pino street.
TO LAUNCHMEN E. C. .Pentland,
at 229 G street, Eureka, iCalif, ha3
a good launch business, for sale.
Three persons can each .draw $150
' a month and put money in tho
bank besides from the profits.
Business will bear investigation,
but time, is short; $2500 required
to buy plant, worth $7500. First
payment $2000, balance by the
month. Write or wlro at once.
FOR SALE Good fisherman's dory
In good condition, ready for use.
Apply Charles Johnson, Brewery
saloon.
WANTED Boy at Lockhart-Parsons
Drug Co, Apply at once.
WANTED Good building lot or cot
tage. Coos Bay Auction Co.
LOST Row boat from Marshfiold
dock.Taltned red. Reward for in
formation leading to recovery.
Julius Larsen.
Flanagan & Bennett Bank
MARSHFIELD, OHEQON.
Oapital subscribed tttJ.ooo
Capital Paid Up MO.OOO
Undivided Profits J35.O0Q
Does a general banking business and draws
on the Bank ot California, Ban Francisco
CallL, First National Dank Portland Or., First
National Bank. Koseblfrg, Or., Hanover Na
tional Bank, New York, N. M. Kothchlld &
Bon, London, England.
Also Bell change on nearly all tua principal
cities of Europe.
Accounts kept subject to check, safe deposit
lock boxes (or rent at a cents a month or
5. a year.
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
MAUDS L. PAINTER
Is receiving pupils in
Voice Culturo
Homo Studio, Broadway.
Phono 1755-.
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WANT ADS
$225.00 per lot
$ 1200.00
SUNDAY'S
Xe ALERT
will leave
NORTH BEND
at 7:30 a. m. and
MAR.SHFSELD
at 8:00 a. m. for
9
b
at 4 p m.
Fare on round trip
MARSHFIELD DETECTIVE
AGENCY.
W. H. Davis, Manager.
4,
.
Will take up any kind of do-
tectivo work entrustod to
mo by those desiring first-
class work. All correspond-
once confidential and prompt-
ly attended to. My work
always satisfactory and terms
right. Correspondence so-
Melted. Address all matters
to
W. II. DAVIS,
ftlarshficld, - - - Oregon.
. -j.
C. J. Hedwall
H. C. Borhus
COOS BAY INSURANCE AGENCY
FIRE INSURANCE
Wo havo just opened our office in
Marshfleld and respectfully solicit
your patronage.
Wo will draw your policies cor
rectly and guarantee prompt and fair
settlement of losses.
Wo represent tho following old and
reliable companies:
Sun Insurance Ofllco of London,
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Soci
ety of Eugluud,
National Union Insurance Company,
of Philadelphia.
COOS BAY INSURANCE AGENCY
Adams Building. Murshfleld, Ore.
Over Telephone Office
Laimcfa Express
Will make regular trips between
South Coos river aud Marshfleld
Leaving the Maze at 7.00 a. m.
nnd Marshfiold at 4:30 p. m.
Sho will bo open for charter
botweos a. ra. and 4 . m.
MAfeTER
WYATT COFFELT.
JOB WORK. O1
Mr. Ous. Kramer has taken $
clmrKo of tho Times' Job de-
partment nnd will figure on $
your Job printing. You get
good work when Kramer does
it. Ilctter seo him.
7 Room Residence in the Swell pert
Lot 50x100 -
8 Room 1 1 ous a (ot 100 x 100, in South
Marshfieltl ... - $3500.00
100 feet waterfront, a good investment.
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Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pens the best on the market
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making brings trouble.
Q, Pretense is shamming the real;
claiming quality arid value that does
not eidst.
Q; All pretense is carefully avoided at this
store by selling XISA222D clothes; the
most durable, reliable brand made; the
honest, guaranteed land.
Ct. It's inside worth as well as outer at
tractiveness that makes X1B&222D best.
You get more than it's cost in long, hard
ana tne satisfaction tnat comes
lasting, good appearance.
Sailor nnd Ruetian Suits for boy2ito
10 yaari, large collar trimmed with silk
braid, emblem on thield. Made in serges,
worsteds, cheviots of various
colors and patterns.
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