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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1907)
1 V X THE DAILY CQflS BAY TIMES, MARSHF1ELD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1907. 'f 1 Tha Myers Store North Bend, Oregon The Myers Store North Bend, Oregon J j Prices and Qualities ! I j See Yesterday 9s . Coos Eay Harbor ' j I I The Lime has come when he people of this country must know there Is a J store that not only undersells, but offers a better quality of merchandise tban the j largest mail order house m the coimkry. 8 SHI : i IPIkfliK bo im hirr&nifl! c.5ienr2ramu ma IrwirOTJRr hvv& frhcwA ti& a tnaAemi wlk'l thus fcfrtfWtfa tie aKIp MSRV aauiu a ia a ybuwawuw to undersell In The Coos attempted by is token as a basis for Lhese comparisons and in every vSnce yourselves hy actisai comparison of goods. eKs I ir BOOKING NATIONS A YANKEE'S JOB Former Circus Man and Globe Trotter Gives New Dignity to the Press Agent. KHEDIVE THANKED HjM jMuwr Ho Is Engaged In Culling At tention to Big Gitnie Found In British Kast Africa. .London, Oct. 5. The professional loonier of new countries has arrived, and, of course he is an American. Every ono Is familiar with the ork of the theatrical press agent and of the man who travels ahead of tho circus making its glories known to tho people of tho towns it Intends to visit. Well known, too, is l ihe work done by the representatives ut various great railways who obtain publicity for tho attractions of the luacca served by their employers, tout tho country boomer claims to iiave sturck out a new lino alto oethcr. Ho is employed by govern ments and his salary would make llie mouth even of tho publicity rep resentative ot a jiopular operatic .star water. This nloncer in country booming is David Garrick Longworth, a New Yorker, who Is as well known on tho Strand as ho used to bo on Broad vay, and Is as familiar with tho liabt Africa jungle as he is with tho boulevards of 1'uiis r the de&erts of Egypt. Thoro is no country in tho -vorld that Mr. Longworth has not ilbftvri and few with which ho Is not Iu.mlliar. He spent ten ears in Egypt, wheio he edited tho Sphinx in Cairo and boomed Egypt as a plensuro resort. Lord Cromer, tho Croat British re-organizer of Egpt, lias wiitton him several lottors com plimenting him oil tho work which lie did in bringing travelers with money to t-pend, from tho end of tho Mrt.li to Egpt, and tho khedlvo has ifeown his appreciation of Mr. Long xarth's work by decorating him. Kiory ono who has spent a wintor in Kgjpt in tho last twelve years or so knows Air. Longworth, ills work In Egypt was purely nn nfielal, but it was dono'with tho full approval and nsblstanco of both Lord dinner and tho khedlvo. Now, how ever, ho is entering- on tho work of developing n country as tho full fledg ed representative of tho British gov ernment. To Boom a Whole Colony. Mr. Longworth, although a Now Yorker, hna not visited America for eveM the largest mail order concern, asid we can prove to Eay Harbor this any store in this counhry. Montgomery Ward Company's Iatest nearly a dozen years. Ho spent ten yoara in Egypt, and for the last two years ho has been established at Nairobi, British East Africa. He is now In London arranging with tho colonial office to undertake the boom ing of the colony as a pleasure and health resort for tho jaded globe trotter and society man. Now that tho colony has been opened up by tho Uganda railway. Mr. Longworth declares It has a future before It greater oven than tnat of Egypt for it is practically the only large terri tory left on earth that Is literally teeming with big game and is likely to continue to bo a wild animals' paradise for many years to come. Lions, leopards, rhinoceroses, ele phants, several kinds of deer, and monkeys of many vnrleties, aro so plentiful that any ono who cares to take a gun and stroll out of a morn ing beforo breakfast can shoot enough big game to satisfy tho greed iest hunter. For ?250 tho traveler can obtain a liconso entitling him to kill or capture, if ho can tho follow ing animals: Two lions, Two elephants, Two rhinoceroses, Two hippopotamuses, Two zebras, Two gomsboks, Ono eland, One s.iblo hlppotrages. Ono roan hlppotrages, Two kudus, Two tapirs, Two hartbestes. One bongo, Two aard-varks, Two cheetahs, Two anrd-wolves, Two marabous, Two egrets, Ten nntclopo of certain species, Ten chevrotalns. Ho can be fitted out with a party of ben ants, porters, gun bearers, and all that is required for a moro ex tended trip into tho junglo for $2G0 a month, but except for tho joys of camping out tho most ardent sports man can got nil tho sport ho wants from tho windows of tho Pullman cars on tho Uganda railway or from tho voranda of tho hotel at Nairobi. Tho country that Mr. Longworth Is undertaking to boom is interesting enough, but to a stucent of human nature Mr. Longworth himself Is far moro interesting. Ho is n man of tho t)i'o, rapidly becoming extinct, that mado western America tho man who nlwnys wants to bo a Httlo ahead of civilization. Ho began lifo with Barnum & Ball- oy's circus, nnd wilti It learned his first lesson iu tho art of booming. Ho has boon nn actor, an author, an edit or, ,a stago numagor, and has followed ninny othor professions. Ho was the first man to take on English opera company on a tour through South p9 vt w aaaaw vv 9 week we give the most fearless exposition of mcai! aone America, and after a disastrous sea son Irom a financial point of view the company was shipwrecked off the coast of Chile. Mr. Longworth says that the hardest part of that trip was fulfiilling his promises to the mothers of the forty-three chorus girls, that he would look after each ono person ally. This' Yankee Is Versatile. He has tried ranching and mining in Mexico and has varied it by ap pearing as an actor in the late Au gustln Daly's companies at his Lon don theater. Ho has danced for sav ages In central Africa and has played before royalty in London and Berlin. Egypt was comparatively unexcit ing for Mr. Longworth, for after all Cairo Is rather highly civilized in its own way. He does not know now he spent ten years there before the "wanderlust" caught him again. Per haps it Was the constantly changing population from all the ends of the earth that made it interesting, but two years ago ho determined on an other move, nnd after casting around for some place where the talents of a pioneer would be appreciated ho chose British East Arnca. Tho Uganda railway was being built then and he got as far as Nairobi, which had just acquired tho dignity of a place on the map. Like a true American Mr. Longworth decided that what Nairobi needed to make it the metropolis of British East Africa was a newspaper. Ho had brought some typo and other material with him, but what ho wanted was power to run the press. IIo solved that problem by hitching up a broken down motor car which had been lett in Nairobi by some misguided tourist who expected to find macadam roads in the jungle. Tho motor car tilled the want splen didly and was only displaced when tho Nairobi electric light and power plant was installed. Today Nairobi Is a flourishing town with a race course nnd with an excellent hotel, lighted by elec tricity and with electric elevators, hot and cold baths, and all tho other necessities of civilization. Nariobi Is fast becoming tho cen ter of an International colony of sportsmen, William N. McMllllan, tho well known American traveler nnd explorer, owns a $250,000 farm there. Lord Delameio lives there, Lord Cranworth ha's bought a honio- btead closo to tho town, nud Lord lliudllp has decided to abandon his English estate and mako his homo at Nairobi. Lord Cnrdross has also bought an estate there, and hund reds of aristocratic sportsmen are flocking to tho country to shoot big game. In fact, big game is the staplo in dustry of tho country, and Mr, Long worth's paper, which ho has appro priately named the Qlobo Trotter, case LoL jvumbers If you cannot secure us and we whii supply yon like every good local payer, devotes most of its space to recording tho developments of the local Industry. Its society column Is mostly occu pied with the doings of the lions, elephants, leopards, rhinos, and other jungle folk, and its advertis ing columns are almost monopolized by individuals and firms who want to fit out "safari" parties. Add to the Language. Mr. Longworth has given another word to the English language in "safari." It Is supposed to be a cor ruption of the Arabic "msafara," which means a caravan, but its full meaning is untranslatable into Eng lish. As nearly as it can be trans lated It means a hunting party, with all the modern conveniences, and and when you hear that ono of your friends is on "safari" you under stand that he is enjoying a picnic do luxe, with big game shooting thrown In . What the traveler may expect In Mr. Longworth's country may be gathered from tho following extract from a recent number of the Globo Trotter describing the experiences of a Babu stationmaster at Simba, on the Uganda railway. Slmba, it may be mentioned incldently, means "tho place of lions." The stationmaster sent tho follow ing telegram to tho acting traffic manager. Urgent. To traffic Manager. Aug. 17, 1:45 a. m. Lion is on the platform. Please instruct guard and driver to proceed carefully and without signal in yard. Guard to advlso passengers not to get out here and be careful when coming In office. It seems that after this a sports man on safari canio along nnd shot the lioness, which was in possession of tho platform. Her husband and another relative strolled across tho track to see what had happened and tho sportsman bagged them, too. At S:45 a. m. tho sanio day, however, tho Babu stationmaster telegraphed again: Ono African injured nt C o'clock again by Hon ana honco sent to Maklndu hospital by trolley. Traffic manager please send cartridgo by four down train certain. A fow hours later this telegram was received, marked "extra ur gent:" Pointsman Is surrounded by two lions, while returning from distant slgnnl and henco pointsman went on top of telegraph post near water tauks. Train to stop there and take htm on train and then proceed, Traffic manager to plenso arrange necessary steps. Threo days later tho same station master sent the following tolegrams: 20th August, 7:15 p, m. To guard and driver of down train: Carriage ot secretary Is in dead siding where hhat a he shot a lion just now and others I are roaring on Maklndu side points. Driver- to proceed without signals (and stop engine opposite to station 'and take line clear. Guard not to go out from brake van. I Those who complain that rallroad ing in tho United States is dull should try a job on the Uganda rail way for a while. The issue of tho Globo Trotter, which contains this interesting news story, is bound in bark cloth, and Is thus a standing advertisement of the resources of the country. Bark cloth is the main dress material of the na tives of the country. When a native wants a new suit of clothes or a gown for his wife or daughter ho goes out Into the forest, strips a tree and pounds the bark with a rigid mallet for a few minutes. Tho result is a material something like crepe In texture, which can be cut or sewn to any shape desired. It is a rich brown In color and is said to wear well. In fact, British East Africa Is a paradise for tho lazy man, as well as for the sportsman. It offers food and drink and clothes without work, or with a minimum of work. Tho na tive has his bananas growing wild for food, his banana beer for drink, and his bark cloth for clothing. Be foro the British hut tax was insti tuted he had nothing to do but take his food and clothing from tho trees. Now that he had to find tho money to pay tho tax ho must do a certain amount of work, and that ho usually does as a porter, a guide or a gun- I bearer for a traveler on safari, so i that he, too, Is mado to contribute to the staple industry of tho coun try. Will Escort Winston Churchill. Mr. Longworth will outer on his duties as a country boomer for tho I British government beforo tho end of this year. Ho will sail from England on Sept. 25 with Winston Churchill, tlio nnilpr Rpprntnrr fn, tlin mlnnlno who is about to undertake a tour of i Britain's African possessions, and Mr. Longworth will act as a guide during tho first part of tho tour. Mr. Churchill and Mr. Longworth will land at Mombasa and will travel direct to Nairobi which will con tinue tp bo Mr. Longworth's head quarters. Mr. Churchill will remain there for somo time and, Mr. Long worth declares that ho expects to in troduce him to the staple industry of tho country. After that ho will con tinue his journey on tho Ugnnda rail way to tho terminus at Lako Victoria Nyanza, and will return to England via the Nllo and Khartoum. To test advertising, n discount ot ten per cent given Saturday and Monday on all purchases at Prentiss & Co.'s. to customers mentioning this ad. Skirts, latest styles at Prentiss.' are given so prices ever catalogue, No. 76 you may con- copy cs copy f HErcrasBYUinmsffi! KTiggfaS 1IAXDOX NOTES. Bandon, October 2. J. E. De Gesen was in town yester day from his ranch south of Bandon. He says an extensive deposit of tho finest pipe clay in the world extends through that part of the country. Tho schooner Prosper arrived In last night and is loading lumber. Henry Collier of Coqulllo Is visit ing his daughter, Mrs. Effie Collier, who teaches In tho Bandon schools. Frank Brlnkholder, George E. Peoples and George Glenn are Co kullle guests at tho Galller house. George W. Shelley of tho Spencer Shelley Lumber company, Is In town today. George P. Laird broke ground yesterday for a new store and office building 90x110 feet, at the corner of Atwater and Wharf streets. It will be made two stories high and so that two moro stories can be put on t any time after. The last dance of the Cotillion club will be given In the Bank hall Friday night with a full orchestra. The Empire Stock company, which was billed for tonight, Is reported as having cancelled their engagement. Tht docket of the justice's court here Is unusually large this week; there being upwards of a dozen civil and criminal cases entered. LAST OF llONI. Day of Appeal Passes, nnd Final De cree Is lintcml. Paris, Oct. 3. The time limit in which Count BonI Do Castellano could appeal from tho decree of di vorce obtained by Madame Gould, expire today. Decree is now abso lute Mmo Gould has settled out of court creditors' claims both against herself and the Count. Notice. Since tho first of tho month Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cooper have taken charge of tho Garfield. The house has been thoroughly renovated and refitted throughout. romtmnmmunmmmnmatmmmttn GEO. WASSON Fine Tailoring A ST. Marshfield, - Ore.