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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1907)
r'i ta'Tsro wt -..w wrw- ac;i &y -v, i("0 1 X V QUEER WILL OF ECCENTRICS "If a man has the least element of eccentricity In his nature," said a lawyer recently, "he will show It In his will. Here Is a person who has Lis last chance to reward a friend or take a post-mortem slap at one against whom he has a grudge. Some wills are the mo3t amusing documents you could possibly Imag ine." A woman who died recently at Rye, near White Plains, N. J., had kept a prosperous boarding house; her married life was believed to be happy and ideal. Yet after she died and her will was read it was discov ered she had cut her husband off with $1. "Although I have lived with my husband," ran the will, "1 have dono so for shame's sake. He has been anything to me except a kind and loving husband, but, on the contrary has been devilishly cruel and harsh toward mo. I have learned to hate And detest him." An estate of $20,000 left by Jo seph DIderwItz of New York was devised to his wife, his children and the father of the testator. The will, which was filed in the surrogate's ofllce, was written in Hebrew. At the bottom all the children had writ ten that they "wero satisfied witn the will." According to the document, $2,000 was to be reserved as a wedding gift for his wife should she marry a se cond time. Can one leave a mental will? Or can a knowledge of tho wishes of a deceased person constitute a legal will? According to a decision of a Connecticut Judge it can. Mrs. Mary P. Itoso died last year, leaving an estate valued at $10,000. Sho made a will leaving her proper ty to charity. After her death, tho Itoso homestead was burned to the ground and tho will was destroyed. The heirs and friends told Judge H. Wlttemoro Gregory of the con tents of the will. He admitted the imaginary will to probate. In a document, consisting of twen ty typewritten pages, George W. Doffenbaugh, who died some time ago in Kokoma, Ind., left $50,000 to his church If It should elect his spirit n member of tho board of trustees. Ho also provided for his wife and children. According to tho will of Deffen haugh, who was an adherent of Swendenborglan doctrines, believed his spirit would continue to take an Interest in the affairs of the church, and stipulated that meetings of the trustees were to bo held at certain times and his spirit considered on important church affairs. Should a certain church in Pitts burg change its name, tho sum of $2,000, which was left to It, will go to buy potatoes for the poor of the city. 'forever. Barnes said he would give it up. To encourage him, Barker said he should receive $10,000 at tha end of five years, and the re maining amount in like sums every live years. According to the 'will of the late Miss Mary P. Ashbrldge, of Itose mont, Pa., all the members of her Sunday school class, who were faith ful attendants for a year, were to re ceive $100 each, and all who attend ed regularly for three years, $300. On condition that no liquor be sold, and disorderly conduct prohi bited on the grounds, the woman Jeft her large estate to the citizens as a public pane, in case tne conui Several years ago, John Hallman, a member of the First Cumberland ;tons were Tlolatedi lt was to bo Bold jfresoytenan cnurcn, aiea. ho lert $2,000 in tho hands of the mayor, tho Interest to go toward paying the salary of the minister. As soon as tho church changed its name, which the deceased member had advocated during his life, It was to get the money and use it in the unique char ity of supplying potatoes. A pathetic story was revealed In tho will of the late Robert M. Mar shall, of Mercer, Pa., who died in Donvcr, Colo., last December. A daughter was born to Marshall and his wife, a beautiful young wo man, in Pennsylvania in 1881. The wife it was charged, deserted Mar shall, taking the child with her. All efforts to locate her wero fruitless. Later Marshall heard that his wife had died and had given the child out for adoption. He married again, and had two children by his second wife. Both died. Marshall owned a number of farms in Pennsylvania and Colorado, oil wells In Pennsylvania, and mines In Arizona. He spent his later days traveling about tho country looking for his first child. Ho knew there would bo one In fallible way by which he could re cognize her when she was born there was a black mole in front of her left shoulder, near the clavicle, and a red molo similarly located on tho right shoulder. In his will Marshall bequeathed the greater part of his fortune to "a young woman born In Mercer hospi tal, Mercer, Pa.," who could show these identical moles. The inheritance of $50,000 for ab staining from cigarettes that is a provision made in a contract by John M. Barker, a millionaire lum berman of Michigan City, Ind., and his nephew, Neelson L. Barnes. Barker Is still living and has a vio lent antipathy against tobacco. He declared he would leave his nephew $50,000 If he would give up the vice BILL OF FARE SADDLE ROCK RESTAURANT SUNDAY, OCT. 9 Sliced Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Oyster Cream. j and the money equaly divided among a dozen cousins. A friend was left $10,000 for looking after her driving horse and a fox terrier. Mrs. Mary Holcombe Pullen, of Brooklyn, had no thought of her last rest being disturbed by willing a beautiful silk dress to her friend, Mrs. Susan Delatour. The dress was bought by Mrs. Pul len to wear at a wedding; the death of her husband prevented this, so she willed the dress to her friend. In the meantime she said that she wished lt to be used as her own burial robe. When she died her friends clothed her In it. When the will was read the rela tives were uncertain as to what to do dig up the corpse and take off the dress, or giro Mrs. Delatour $700 In cash from tho estate as value of tho dress. The question was presented to the Surrogate Church, of Brook lyn, who said the case was without precedent and needed serious thought. Poets usually do not make wills, because they have nothing to will away however, Bloodgood H. Cut ter, the "poet lauriet," made famous by Mark Twain, left a fortune valued at $150,000. When his treasure chest was open ed It was discovered that ho had made five wills. There wero said to bo more than 200 heirs, and because nt tho comtilications of the wills a contest Is said to be certain. Ac cording to his latest will the greater portion of the estato is left to the American Blblo Society and the American Tract Society. An aged woman, who lived near a great hospital In Edinburgh be came possessed with the Idea that when she died the physicians would secure her body for dissection pur poses. In her will, she left a certain sum to pay a man to watch her grave day and night. The trustees, how over, were legally exempted from carrying out tho Instructions. One of tho longest wills on record was made by the late Frederick Stib bert, the famous art collector of Lon don. Ho bequeathed Ms conecuon, valued at $2,000,444, to the British museum, but because of the condi tions imposed it was refused. In his will he left minute Instruc tions for the disposa 1 of his body. It was to be treated for preservation by the best means known to chemi cal science, inclosed In a lead shell which he had prepared during his lifetime, and this again to be In closed In a walnut case with glazed windows over tho face, and placed in a mausoleum which he had built. Place Your Order for the Next Number of the Coos Bay Monthly It will be a special "Marshfield Number" and will be far the Best Yet. If you want your distant friends to know all about this town, send them this coming issue of the magazine. A large edition will be printed and we think there will be enough to go around; but to make sure of getting extra copies you had better place your order at once, either with your newsdealer or at this office. s Coos Bay Monthly Front Street, MARSHFIELD, OREGON ft?rtiitfiiwnii'witfrjo Baked Coos Bay Salmon with Shrimp Sauce. Breaded Tenderloin of Veal with Holinday Sauce, Maccaroni Lagreaton. Boiled Ribs of Beef, Spanish, Boiled Calves Tongue, Olive Sauce, Spiced Pigs Feet with Potato Salad, ' 5:'-: 4 V Pineapple Fritters, Brandy Glace, ;jv 4 Fried Spring Chicken, Cream Gravy, Potted Chicken, Potato Dumplings, Chicken, Hofman Sauce, German Pot Roast, Erb Cakes, Roast Veal with Oyster Dressing, ' ' "? Pork with Sweet Potatoes, Prime Ribs of Beef au jus, "ft'"" ' " NT1"' Lobster Salad, Mashed Potatoes, Fresh Garden Corn, VJ' Lemon Pie, Apple Pie, Blueberry Pie, Fruit Roll, A$& DINNER SERVED FROM 5i30 TO 8 Pi M, THE COAL BEDS OF ALASKA I have just returned from Katalla, Alaska, situated on .Controller Bay, where tho Guggenhelms are building tho terminals of tho Copper River Northwestern railroad, and which is also the terminal of tho Alaska Pa cific Railway & Terminal company. While there I visited the coal deposits in tho Drowning river district, which extends for about 30 miles northeast from Katalla. To those who are in terested in the future coal supply for tho Pacific coast I wish to say that while the United States geological survoy published a report in Bulle tin No. 284, about threo years ago, very few of our Pacific coast resi dents are aware of the fact that an thracite and a pure smokeless steam ing coal (bituminous) is found with in 30 miles of deep wnter (Katalla) In abundance. "I saw lC-foot veins of anthracite which can bo tracked on top of tho ground for over a mile. I also saw a lC-foot vein of bituminous confl which wo traced for over a mile and a quarter. This last vein is esti mated to contain over 25,000,000 tons of clear coal, all of which is abovo tho railroad track that will haul It to market, to say nothing. about that which lies below. Professor G. C. Martin, In Bulletin No. 284, ou page 29, states ns fol lows: It may scorn from these tables that tho anthracite from Matanuska and Boring rivers has. no equivalent on tho Pacific coast, and that It com pares favorably with the Pennsylva nia anthracite. It ought to be put Into tho San Francisco and other Pa cific coaBt markets nt & cost far be low that of eastern coal, In which caso it should have no difficulty in ontlroly supplanting tho latter. The Bering river seml-anthriiclto and part of the semi-bituminous coal irom iuatanusKa is better tnan any thing that is being mined In the west. These coals are tho equivalent of tho Pocahontas, New River and Georges Creek coals of the cast and aro eminently adapted for use on warships and for other purposes for which a high grade, pure, "smoke less" steaming coal is required, and for these purposes will command a considerably higher price than any coal now being mined on the Pacific coast, or if offered at equal prices should readily drive the latter from tho market. Part of these coals will produce an excellent quality of coke better, In fact (except possibly in content of phosphorous, regarding which no data are available), than coke which can bo procured from any of the Washington or Vancouver Island coals and equal to the coke from Crows Nest Pass. If an Important smelter Industry grows up In Alaska, as now seems possible, the Alaska coking coals should have the advan tage of both quality and of transpor tation. The coals from other known Alaska fields than these are so situat ed or aro of such quality that they can find markets only where exces sive rates on outside coals give them an advantage that is, their mar kets must be local and probably small. There Is no question about the quantity or quality of tho Bering river coal, which extends over 70 square miles and which contains mil lions upon millions of tons of coal the equivalent of any coal mined in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. With coal bunkers nt Katalla, which aro now building by both the Copper River & Northwestern railroad and Alaska Pacific Railway & Terminal company, and the completion of the construction of these lines to the coal fields, Portland and all Pacific const cities will be burning coal better thnn anything boing mined in tho west and equal to tho best coal mined In tho world. There Is a possibility that by this time next fall this coal will bo on tho market in nbundance, but within two years wo will have coal at a cost far below the present price, any ono of which Is equal to two tons of tho coal now in tho mar ket, for which wo aro compelled to pay from $10 to $12 per ton. Thero being no shipping facilities at tho mines at this time, I em ployed a number of men and "packed out" over 1,000 pounds, 500 pounds of both anthracite and bituminous coal. The Coos Bay Times, 1 year ... $ 5. A Good Talking Machine, value . . 25.00 Six Standard Records, value .... 3.60 Total Worth, $33.60 All For Only $25.1 SPECIAL TO TIMES READERS 91.00 a week pays tho cost By subscribing to tho Coo Buy Times for one year you can obtain a regular $25.00 hlghgrado Talking Machine nnd six record of your own soieetlon included. Amount laved to you la $7.40. Thte lfl the best combination offer and the most popular ever mad to tha Coos Bay readers. 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