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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1907)
rvnpTjft ' ' "' T BJUMWWWlWyMJ n -Mr 11111 -. - -JJ M ma.l-4J. jm-5Sga .- i .: : jl. . . tr-v t tKtVpr -1 tttt"- - wri"""y THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MABSHFIELD, , OREGOM, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1907. wwwarwOTtE DOWN 10 DIET OF SALT PORK In This Condition Captain Olson Finds the People of Catalla. FAMINE SEEMS IMMINENT Communicated. O Ship After Ship Undertakes to Land nclici but in Vain Six Weeks of the Roughest of Weather. Tacoma, Nov. 4. Subsisting main ly on salt pork and brought almost to the gate of famine was the fate of the l.GOo or 2,000 people of Catalla, Alaska. The Alaska Coast company's steamer Bertha, which has just ar rived from the north and which wa3 tho steamship that took relief to the unfortunate camp, brought down the news. Tho condition was due to the un precedented rough weather that pre vailed all along the north Alaskan coast for six weeks or more. Catalla has little if any harbor, and Its beach is practically exposed to the pounding of Immense waves from the open sea. During rough weather the surf runs so high that lighters cannot operate. Mnny Tried to Give Aid. For weeks prior to October IS ves sels found it extremely difficult to beat in close enough to shore to olfor assistance. After anchoring, the ves sels dragged their anchors, while it was also found Impossible for light ers to brave the destructive seas. Steamboats laden with provisions were sent out from Valdez every day or so to Catalla, which is but 147 miles from that place, but after ar riving off Catalla it was simply a matter of cruising about for a num ber of hours in the vain hope that tho wnter would smooth sufficiently to permit lighters to operate. By October 1, flour, fresh meat, butter, BUgar, oil for lighting and other necessarys in tho line of groceries were gone and the people faced ex tremities. Olson Hit a Smooth Spot. When the Bertha arrived at Val dez Captain Olson was told of the conditions at Catalla and asked to do his utmost to give relief there. Tho Valdez merchants put eighty tons of provisions aboard his vessel and October IS he sailed for Catalla, whero ho arrived a clay later. Two days before tho steamor Navigator liad tried to land provisions there but failed. By good fortune Captain Olson found a smooth sea and light ers at once camo out and in a few hours had provisions safe ashore. Captain Olson had no fresh moat to give thorn but ho believes that before this time other vessels, have found It possible to get additional shipments ashore. Navigators returning from Alaska report the weather conditions In the far northwest as unusual In severity. Tho Bertha experienced weather such as, Captain Olson says, ho never be-: fore mot with In all his years of ser vice In Alaskan waters. Hurricane' winds kicked up mountainous sens and brought snow and hall and beat ing rnln storms, making voyaging vory dangerous. STOKMS DAMAGE UOATS. linst Const Fishing Schooner Lost In ltccont Gales. St. Johns, N. F Nov. 4. It Is feared many lives were lost in tho recent gales. Three Now Foundland Ashing schooners are missing and four French vessels havo not report ed. Wreckage ashore on tho south ern const Indicates that tho schoonor Orion was lost with IS men. To Whom It Mny Concern: This is to certify that Mr. Jack Itlco Is no longer connectod with tho Marsden Wholosnlo Liquor IIouso, either at Mnrshfleld or Bnndon. Robert Marsden. MnrshAold, Oro Nov. 2, 1907. Hang a Negro. Cnmoron, Tox Nov. 4. Following nn Indictment by tho grand jury for attempted assault, Alex Johnson, a negro, was taken from jail and hnngod to a troo in tho courtyard by a mob of 500. Mistaken Identity of Ship. Seattlo, Nov. 4. A vessel reported Bighted outside tho straits of Juan do Fucn, which was supposed to bo the Arthur Sowoll, supposed to havo been lost in tho straits of Mngollan, turns out to bo a sister ship of tho Sowoll, tho Ersklno M. Pholps, which arrived at Seattlo tonight. Honesdalc, Pa., Oct. 26, 1907. Editor of tho Times, Dear Sir En closed find $l.fiO to renew subscrip tlon. I notice that tho chambers of commerce of Marshfleld and North Bend are co-operating for tin gnr. eial welfare of the whole bay. 'lint is ns it should be. The entire pea nlnsula should be consolidated m. der ono name, one mayor and oil' city government. There should h no Jealousy between different local ities. The peninsula Is not so large, it will all be populated In a few de cades, neither should there be any jealousy between Coos Bay and Portland. There Is room enough for both cities in Oregon. New York and Philadelphia are only 90 mlleh or two hours run apart, and there are several large cities between them. Here are G, 000, 000 in these twe cities on the railroad route of 9f mlle3. From Portland to San Fran clsco with a sea coast of 700 mile you havo less than 500,000 people, you should appoint a committee oi about nine of the most sensible moi you have to select a suitable nanr and consolldato under that name and all pull together, Mnrshneld, Empir and North Bend will never looa- tholr identity. Go the' center of Philedelphia and you will see stive' cars going to Chestnut Hill, Latin Hill, Hestonvllle, Frankfort German- town and many other points, all old names of villages now incorporate, in the great city. In Sacranton i Is the same way. That city 13 a con solldatlon of Sacranton with Hyd Park, Green Ridge, Providence an other town3 whoso local names nti' remain within the city. You nr used to tho name Coos Bay but, the bay should bo omitted in naming your city. Supposing New York wa' named New York Bay, or Boto was named Boston Harbor, would it not be absurd? But no more so than for you to stick tho word bay on to your city. Coos seems 3hort and abrupt but better Coos than Coot Bay, but there are a hundred termi nations that might be added to Coos and make a more dignified name for your city, and for a large city it i? better to have an entirely different name from any other name. Port land wishes she had a distinct name now. In this respect Seattle and Tacoma have the advantage of her. Coos Is an old biblical name. The island of Cos or Coos and the gull Cos or Coos will ba found off Asia Minor, east of Greece. The entrance to the gulf of Coos Is from the west and doubtless some old sea captain who had seen thb gulf, in papain: a.ong the coast of the Pacific fancied he saw a resemblance and named Coos Bay. After It was named it would bo very easy to havo Coos In dians at Coos Bay, just a3 wo have Delewaro Indians on tho Delaware river. After that river had been so named by tho English. You have Capo Blanco nearby how would Coosablanco do or Coosadena? I am not anxious to suggest a name, but a place that Is destined to be a great city should havo a solid sensible namo selected, not by tossing up a penny, but by a committee of com mon sense people. But what is everybody's business in nobody's business and the chambers of com merce of tho two cities can do more to restoro order out of chaos than all tho individuals of to two cities acting separately can ip. Yours truly, It. M. rswCKEIt A good buy on C G;rcot 10x140 foot lot at ?400. Flno l-p-lde- co site with uny view. Tltlo Guara iteo & Abstract, Co. . O XOHTll HErt'l) NOTES Mr. William Cribblns, of Myrtle Point, was horo yesterday on busi ness. Mr. Buss Johnson, of Coqullle, was a visitor In this city Monday. Mr. G. Horn, who has been con fined to his bed for tho past ten days with pneumonia, Is again able to bo on tho streets. Mr. C. L. Hudson, of Detroit, Michigan, is in tho city look' around for n location. Miss Anna E. Jacobson returned from Haynes Inlet yesterday whero sho has been visiting frionds tho past week. Mr. Bonjamln Roberts, of Temple ton, was a business visitor Monday In this city. Mr. nnd Mrs. William Bonobrnko, of Grungoville, idnho, are in the city visiting with Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Rlggs. Four dollars for tho first hour nnd reduced ratps for a longer time. See Mr. Androw3 at tho Coos Bay Transportatloa office. A street dock. His automobile la for hire. THE GROOM MUST PAY. mimmmmBi. Queer Marriage Custom Among the Quebec French Canadians. A singular mnrrlngo custom prevails among the French Canadians in Que bec. After the morning marriage serv ice in tho church the bridal party in cnlecho or cnrriole make a tour of calls upon relatives and friends during tho dny nnd then return again to church for vespers. Before the evening dance at the bride's new home conies the supper. When the company rise from the table the bride keeps her seat, and some one asks with great dignity: "Why does mndam wait? Is sho so soon in bod grace?" She replies: "Somebody hns stolen my slipper. I cannot wnlk." Then they carry her, chair nnd nil. Into tho middle of the room, while n loud knocking announces n grotesque ragged vender of boots nnd shoes. He kneels beforo the sllpporless bride nnd tries on a long succession of old boots nnd shoes of every variety and size until at last ho finds her missing shoo. The groom redeems It for n good price, which is spent In treating 'the company. If the groom Is not watch ful they steal her lint and cloak, which ho redeems in the same, way. and they hnvo been known to steal the bride, for which there must bo liberal pay. The event of the evening Is a good jig In which n guest volunteers to out dance tho bride. If successful the vis ltor demands a prize from tho groom. rearson's Weekly. immBmm&mBEMmWERSBSEBmii KB 1 III It h HnrlrAV 5t I A MADDENING PRANK. The Queer Joke That Eugene Field Played on a Printer. When Eugene Field wast city e.litor of the Kansas City Times lie found great amusement in annoying one of tho characters employed on the paper. Forguson was one of the "makeup's" on tho paper, and In Wyandotte. whre he resided, just over tho line from Kansas City, he was the leader of a local temperance society. For over a year Field, on coming down to tho pa per to go to work, would write a per sonal concerning Ferguson. Generally it ran like this: "Mr. John re-guson, the well known 'makeup' of the Times composing room, appeared for work yesterday evening in his usual beastly state of Intoxication." This entertain ing bit Field would send down In a bundle of copy, nnd the others pf the composing room would set It up nnd say nothing. Poor Ferguson knew that this nwful personal was in their midst and ev ery night would go carefully over ev ery galley for the purpose of locating and killing it. It gave him vast trou ble. Every now nnd then Field would not write his personal about Forguson, and then tho bewildered Ferguson was worse off than ever. As long as he could not find it It might still bo there. It almost drove the poor man off tho paper. Now and then It escaped his eagle eye and was printed. On such occasions Ferguson's burdens were be yond the power of even a Christian spirit to boar. Old Medicine. The following are among some of the fantastic cures presented by tho medical authorities of early times, as given by Dr. Hugo Magnus In his book, "Superstition in Medicine." Remedy Against Bollynche: "Take the heart from the living heart nnd wear It as an amulet nt the left thigh." Alexander of Tralles. Remedy Against Epilepsy (advised by tiie Physician, Moschion. Dlortho tes, Alexander of Traljes, Book I, Chapter XV, page 070): "The forehead of an ass tied to the skin of the pa tient nnd worn." " 'Gather iris, peonies and night shade when the moon is in the wane, pack them into linen nnd wear ns an nmulet.' Advised by the magician Osthnnes, Alexander of Tralles, Book I, Chapter XV, page CGO. The Australian Natives. An English author writes of tho Aus tralian natives: "Between tribe nnd tribe war for purposes of territorial nggrandiz6ment Is unknown. They mny light nbout women or in the blood feud, for, as nobody is supposed to dlo a natural death, every death is thought to be caused by hostile magic. Fights are not now resolutely wnged, but merely to draw first blood, as a rule, and, ns there aro no conquests, there are no slaves and very little material progress. There aro no hereditary chiefs, though among some socially ad vanced tribes a kind of magistracy or n 'moderatorship' of local groups In tho tribal general assembly Is hereditary in tho mnle lino," A Good Word For Tobacco. A nobleman that was cxtreamly fat was redue'd to nu ordtnnry Size by chewing Tobacco, which also does good In nn Asthma. 'Tls of great use la Camps, where there is many times Scarcity of Vitunls nnd Chollcks nnd the Ukp.-"Conipioat Herbal," 1G54. Understood of Slippers. Slippers play nn Important part in tho life of almost ovory man. iu child hood they are laid on him: In manhood. Just after bo hns been married, they aro thrown after hlni, and for n con siderable part of tho rest of his life they aro under him. fij52.3$rZ s?Wff m v (This is no nickname nor is it a joke.) Mi,i'V'f'1 t,"l... mlff .it- -. I ( 5.t - -A- - fl IU 6, mmmM, kmdl Wo Aro Going to Surprise You While This Sale Lasts by Giving You i A M Disco K Our Mattresses Have a (Jood Tick, J Well Killed (33 lbs.), EvccMor and Cotton Top tho lles,t Bargain That Has Ever Been Offered on the Coast. I h I? Your Credit i; TSgagSSS; y i Si H If You Are Broke Don't Try to Get Rich Paying Hotel Bills, but Vuiw and Talk to Ps. We Are Always Ready to Help You Out. V.'euAre Getting Quite a Lino of New and Up-to-I)ate Goods on Hand Also u Rig Stock of Kitchen Goods. We Hnve n Largo Assortment of tho Kine.-t Japanese Cliiitnivnre on th Bay and Have Just Ordered From Eastern Manufacturers nn Elegant Assortment of Decorated Clilnawiiro fa:- tho Xnius Trr.de. Don't Forget the Second-Haml Business, but Come in and Get an Article Almost as Good as New for Half the Price, Furnish up til home, Be Sappy and Pay as You Can. wmmmmmmMMmMmmmmrmmm'wmp, Fall 8p223Ea2SZEESESESJ3ElEE r&aSJE3i-tS&.aiAia I L'l ID 8PC OTOuRPC '1 X H E ft IJ ti c u a 11 U1UJIJ1 to i tyles aro now on exhibition at this store. Always aiming to lead in tho matter of new ideas, wo can show you the greatest stock of up-to-date suits, cravenettes and overcoats for men and young men over brought to this city. You will find hero the nowest conceptions in fall clothes a class of apparel which no other storo can show you. Wo feature 9 ers a u mm. i i jaKULig$3 K Wo havo the handiest and most emiviiiinf uttmm ttu.th tin. oliv. if " "' " "-- -l-) .... A. ...u wrf . M Leave your parcels with us and have them checked. R Keasonablo rates for an extetuled period. Will be' forwnrded U any point desired. COOS BAY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY Marshfield, Ore. 1 jrr'T'Ju,.2Ijfi ft-fTif'v'fef'.y .V V 'TITVi f iAVftt :S ln MM fl fll'i'jrjitz't tei ahjj'TiJ ir,MTtA A St. Dock liiESSKSfTZaiEEa Mg ACM iOl flTI toil Clotees egian and tho styles for fall wear aro in a class by themselves. Wo can also supply you with FULL DIIKSS AND TUXEDO SUITS. Sncchi's Building, 2nd Street. A Pleasant Frolic. After the dissipated Duke of Whar ton had been narrating his frolics Dean Swift said to him: "My lord, let mo recommend one moro to you. Take a frolic to be good. Itely upon It, you will flud it tho plensantet frolic you sver engaged In." Tho usual for.tune of complnint is to excite contempt moro than pit'. Jihn. son. The Dull Scholar Many n so-called dull scholar is so because of some defect of tho eyes. Don't neglect tho eyes of your children. Bring them iu nnd if there is no error wo will tell you so. f. J. HAYES, Optometrist Open from 2 to 5 and 7 to p. m. week days only. Admission Free 25c for use of skates; 15c when you use your own. Special attention given to be ginners in afternoons, v"ex&fvfvSz D. L AVERY, Manager rank i i f ""rWT,'iimHin,rim"rw-nniiiiii' mi in minimi... .i.,.,., .,. ,. mir ui 'in TMTTim ajna iiiimii w nil 1 66 rSYCTAI 99 I Two Changes This Week. Monday and Thursday Paformanas 7:30 and 9 p. m. Matinee Satnlay 330. AdmsssionJTen Cents. , mttmnmmtmmnmmK:nmttmnttm4mmmmmm Everything Electrical at Oregon Electrical Supply Co. Now O'Counoll Blk. wwwwstr-twMuwKwmirommmffinutffinnffimmmtmttttttt' mammam: Masquerade Ball at Buraner Nov. 33rd. Good Music. Goes Homo to Vote. Washington, Nov. 4. Tho Presi dent went to Oyster Bay tonight to voto tomorrow. A good buy on C Street 40x140 foot lot at $400. Fine residence site with bay view. Titlo Guarantee & Abstract Co. Double Entry Made Easy. Our now 1907 copyrighted "Business Course" with books, llfo scholarship, work criti cised and returned, complete $8.00. G, W. Crain, Prln. E. E. 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