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HERE IS A PAEAN
Business Men Unite in Saying
Panic Has No Effect
There.
TELL TALE OF GOOD TIMES
All Lines of Trade and Traffic
Moving Without Interrup
tion. North Bend merchants and manu
facturers Join In swelling the paean
of prosperity that arises from all of
Coos Bay. Tho only effects of tho
panic that prevails all over the cum.i
ry is purely psychological and man
ifest only in a slight pause thai
might bo called hesitating. But at
tho people of North Bend seldom
stutter either in business or pleasure,
however, there is striking unanimity
in the expression of good trado and
good times reported. As ono man ex
pressed it, Coos Bay 13 the best place
in tho United States to bo during a
money panic. Thoso interviewed
spoke as follows:
L. J. SIMPSON, of tho SJmpson
Lumber Co. "Our mills will contin
ue to run. Wo aro not cutting wagos
or output in any department. There
aro now 10,000,000 feet of logs in
tho booms and 7,000,000 more in tho
rivers ready to como down. Demand
for lumber has not decreased in our
market."
C. S. WINSOR, Cashier Bank of
Oregon: "I do not bellove tho finan
cial stringency will seriously affect
Coos Bay. We must be careful, that
is all."
THOS. B. JAMES, City Wharfing
er: "Thoro has been absolutely no
lot up in shipments either in or out
of North Bend. Trado is steady."
W. P. EVANS:, Davls-Schultz Gro
cery: "Our wholesale trade has not
fallen off any perceptible amount. I
bollovo tho conditions will bo normal
in a' few weeks."
L. A. FHEY, Frey's Clothing Store.
"Business is going right along. We
are getting our share of a big pre
Chrlstmas trado."
MISS MATHEWS, Cash Toy Storo:
B, F. PYOTT WAS
Man Drowned From
Alliance
Deck a Recent Resident of
Coos Bay Came From Los
Angeles.
Tho Identity of B. F. Pyott, who
was -washed overboard from tho Alli
ance when she crossed tho bar on
Thursday of last week, 'has been
learned. Mr. Pyott and family came
hero from California about the first
of September, 1907. They located in
the house owned by Mrs. C. W.
Tower, on north Front street, back
of tho Flxup clothing store. Mr.
Pyott was in Marshfleld about two
weeks before ho commenced work on
tho First Trust & Savings Bank build
ing, whero ho was employed until tho
striko occurred. Ho was employed
as a common laborer, and at tho time
COMING COOS BAYWARDS RAPIDLY.
Remarkable Progress in Rail
way Construction From
Drain to Coast.
LOOKS LIKE BUSINESS
J. L. Bowman Makes Flatter
ing Report as to Showing in
Two Months Time.
J. L. Bowman, o Portland, who
recently made the trip to Coos Bay
via Drain, expressed himself as sur
pjised and pleased at tho extent of
the progress on the railway which tho
Southern Pacific in building from
Drain to Coos Bay. Mr. Bowman's
last Yisit to Marshfleld was about
September 1 and between that tliuo
and December 1 an almost incredible
amount of woik has been accom
l'libhed. Since then the cement work
tor all bridges for a distance of ten
miles from Drain has been complet
ed. Steel has beea strung along tho
DIES FROM EFFECTS
OF POISONED ROOT
Sad End To Play of Llttlo Dale Mcne
gat of Ten Milo
Country.
Dale Wesley Menegat, tho four
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Pete
Monagat, a rancher of Ten Mile, was
buried in tho Odd Fellows' cemetery
this afternoon, tho remains being
followed to their last resting place
THE COa iAV
Of PROSPERITY.
"Have Bold and aro selling far more
goods than I expected."
C. H. IIACKET, Coos Bay Manu
facturing Co: "We hare contract
for 1,500,000 orange boxes and aro
running night and day to All the
orders."
JAS. A. ALLEN, North Bend Shin
gle Mill: "Wo aro doing as much
business as over and cannot All ord
ers." E. M. WARD, Wholesale Hardware
"Trado In my business has fallen
off but It is moro owing to a general
suspension of logging during the
rainy season than anything else."
A. W. MYERS, The Myers Depart
ment Storo. "In trado I- do not no
tice any decrease. In fact our trade
is larger for last week fully 100 per
cent against tho week corresponding
last year."
F. MONROE, Baysidc Paint Co.:
"I can sell all klud3 of goods but I
notlco a llttlo stringency in collecting
large bills. I bollovo tho trouh'o
will not seriously affect us."
C. M. BYLER, Coos Bay Grocery:
"People must eat and they are eat
ing as healthy as ever."
S. S. JENNINGS, The Novolty
Storo. "I would rather bo in Coos
Bay during a money panic than any
whero in tho United States."
S. ROGSTAD, Hotel Oregon,
"Travel has been exceptionally large
during the past month and tho hotel
has been full all fall. There does
not seem to be any let up now."
W. S. WOOD, North Bend Hotol.
"There Is plenty of trado but run
ning a hotel dining room in an up-to-date
stylo at prevailing prices for
goods and board Is not a get-rich-quick
scheme."
WM. SMITH, of Reberg & Smith,
plumbers and hardware: "Wo aro
crowded in all lines of work. Have
several houses in process of comple
tion both here and in Marshfleld."
M. E. EVERITT, Everitt Phar
macy. -"I have noticed no decrease
In trade nor experienced any diffi
culty in collections."
A. WHISNANT, Coos Bay Harbor,
Printery. "November has been our
best month both in advertising and j
job work." I
A NEWCOMER.
o th0 strlke leIt off work wlth th0
rost of tho employes. Alter mat
time he worked on some of tho othor
construction about tho sity, and
shortly before the Alliance sailed,
concluded to go to Portland, where
Mrs. Pyott had property. Mrs. Pyott
was to precede him and he was to re
main here for a time until Mrs. Pyott
and the son were settled. But at tho
last moment, he changed his mind
and concluded to accompany them.
The son was twelve years old. Thoso
acquainted with the family say that I
Mrs. Pyott was a refined woman and
that tho man who lost his life was a
hard working and ambitious man.
Tho report which gained currency
about town that suggested Pyott's
being drunk at the timo ho lost his
llfo was entirely without foundation,
for his lntlmato friends said he never
was known to be intoxicated and nev
er drank to excess.
Hue for a considerable distance. Mr.
Bowman learned that tho work is in
such shape that when it is resumed In
tho spring it can bo pushed rapidly
and ten miles of the lino will be fin
ished within sixty days. There is too
much work already accomplished ac
coidlng to Mr. Bowman to think that
tbo railway will delay construction
in any manner and uccording to in
formation received from authentic
tources theie Ib no doubt of tho lino
being finished to Coos Bay within a
year after work is resumed.
"When that railway reaches hero,"
Mr. Bowman continued, "It will dou
ble tho population within a year.
There is no section of the country
that to many, peoplo aro
talking
o today as Coos Bay. Portland peo -
pie who aro really Interested think
tll,Uie best place on the coast. The
rnrtfrft :innle exhibit in Portland was
A-,- --
a splendid advertisement for this sec
tion and was really an eye opener
as to the resources and possibilities
of the country."
by friends and relatives of tho fam
ily. Tbo little boy was playing with
somo. companions on the bank of the
lake last week and pulled what is
known as "wild parsnip" and ato
somo of the root, which is poisonous.
Dr. Gale, of North Bend, was callod
to atond him, hut arrived too lato
to save him, the boy passing away on
Sunday last. Tho parents desire to
thank those who sympathized with
them in their bereavement,
tfllKLY JFIMigt MABSHFtELD,
HIGHEST TIDE OF
YEAR THIS WEEK
Incident Floods Along tho Banks of
Coos River Dyko Washed Out
At Flagstaff.
Tho highest tide of the year have
caused floods along the banks of
Coos Bay for the past two days and
Another high tldo la expected tomor
row. Lands which have been untouched
by the waters of tho bay for the last,
twelve months were completely sub
merged Wednesday nnd Thursday.
The dyke along the meadow banks
at riagstaff woro worked away by
tho flood in several places yesterday,
temporarily flooding tho made land.
No damago of any amount has
been recorcVd. If tho water had
gained another foot yesterday morn
ing, however, the streets of the city
would havo been flooded to a slight
extent.
Tho tide reached tho 10-foot stage
this morning and will reach tho same
point tomorrow morning, before re
turning to its regular figures. Tho
heavy southwest wind of Wednesday
raised it nearly a foot above normal
and the appearanco of tho boats along
tho docks as they stood well above
tho wharves, caused considerable
comment.
frOOOOOOOOOOOO
DROPPED 8S FEET,
ASKED FOR CIGARETTE.
WASHINGTON, Pa., Dec. 9. O
I Henry Wright, a hod-car-
1 rler, employed in tho construe-
tion of a now brewery at Bent-
leyville, this county, lost his
i footng and plunged to the floor
' of tho structure, eghty-threo
feet bolow.
During tho progress of his
flight he encountered two two-
inch planks, which wore broken
in twa'n, the final fall being a
sheer drop of fifty-one feet.
Wright lay Immovable for a O
few seconds, and two physicians
were summoned.
O As they entered tho building
they were met by Wright, who
carelessly asked Dr. William
$ Booth for a cigarette. An ex-
amlnation allowed that not a
bone was broken and but few
minor bruises sustained.
Wricht resumed his work im-
mediately.
GOVEtOTFMT BOAT
VISITS C0CS BAY
IiiRhdiouRe Tender Heather Arrives
In Hiirhor With InsjH-'ctor on
Board.
After an absence of several months
the lighthouse tender Heather ar
rived in Marshfleld on Saturday and
has been spending the day looking
after tho gove" 'ment aids to naviga
tion !-i ,i rtiua of the stat". This
handsome, craft has a j.-.iv"iment
Hphthowso Inspector on board who
visited the lighthouses and tho other
government points at the mouth of
the harbor today.
Tho Heather operates between
Capo Blanco and Alaska, supplying
now buoys whoro old oucs have gone
astray, rearranging thoso that havo
drifted, and furnishing supplies for
the lighthouses along tho coast. Sho
will bo here several days attending to
tho government stations before re
suming her trip to other points along
tho coast.
9 GOLDEN HAIRED WOMAN
JUROR IN DIVORCE CASE
v O
DENVER, Dec. 9. "Hilda
SmIth!"
As the clerk of the county
clerk callod tho namo yesterday 4
t afternoon, a young woman, with
masses of fluffy golden hair
O and dancing hluo eyes, stepped
O jauntily forward, and Colora- ,
do's taloswoman was ready O
to "answer truthfully all quos-
t tions touching upon her quallfl-
cations to sit as a fair and im-
partial juror in tho case at
bar."
Miss Smith was empaneled O
1 4, pon an Oj,ou venlro in tho trial
1 of a jivorco case, brought by a
mani an( Bat jn the juror's box
,4, i)e8ide five men with no signs of
I i.i.i..
, umatjuji,
"Gentlemen of tho jury
Judge MeCall paused In his ln-
structlons whon ho glanced at
the smlllnK face of tho girl
juror, "and lady of the Jury,"
, he gallantly added, and then i
4t, nrnneadfid.
The Jury found In favor of
the plaintiff, and gave h(m a do-
O cree upon the grounds of do-
sertion.
Thero aro moro hunchbacks
In
Spain than anywhero else.
Belgian girls aro taught to do
housework and marketing as part of
their school lessons.
OREMM, FRIDAY, DilElrtMnmTm
CORONER'S REPORT
ON WALKER'S DEATH
The Probable Result of Ciuullo Burn
ing Out Funeral Tomorrow
Afternoon.
Coroner Everett Mlngus, who was ""'" ueWS umi a new steamer
n,i rimni.n ..-,.i.. i... .,'l9 to make Coos Bay on her regular
called to Empire yesterday by tho
death of Thomas Walker in thy flro
which destroyed hl3 homo In the ear
ly morning hours, held no inquest,
but instead gathered what evidence
there was and will make a report ac
(.oiuiug to tno evidence. Dr. is'ingus
thought it best, under tho ciicum
stauces which surrounded the affair,
not to impanel a jury, as there was
no evidence of foul play and the ac
cident was bimply one of the many
occurrences whicn go to make up the
great list of casualties, with no prob
ability of mystery.
It was learned that tho deceased
had been drinking heavily on
Wednesday and was down town until
late at night. At half past eicven,
two young men escorted him to his
home and left him at the door. That
was the last seen or heard of him
until shortly 'after four o'clock tho
next morning, when Mrs. Lee Cook,
his next door neighbor, saw tho houso
in flames. Help was summoned, but
the fire had gainod such headway
that there was no possibility of sav
ing the building or removing any of
the contents.
The body was almost entirely con
sumed. There was nothing left of it
except small parts of the skeleton,
and many of tho bones were entirely
eaten away by the Are. T. J. Lewis,
of the Johnson undertaking house,
was called to prepare the remains
for burial, and brought the grew
some corpse to Marshfleld yesterday
afternoon.
The most plausible theory ad
vanced by those acquainted with tho
habits of Walker is to the effect that
the Are was caused from a candle
left burning and which, as it burned
out, communicated the flame to somo
inflammable material upon which It
was placed. It was known that ho
used candles for lighting and tho
theory is generally accepted, slnco
the fire was beyond doubt a slow one,
being discovered four or five hours
t'ficr ho had ietlred.
Tho body will bo interred tomor
row afternoon in tho Odd Fellows'
cemetery, In Marshfleld, with short
services at the grave. The burial
will take place at two o'clock, Rev.
Thurston in charge. Friends from
Empire will attend.
SAYS THAT DUCKS ARE
SCARCE THIS YEAR
J. D. Magee, the Ten Milo rancher,
is in the city today and will remain
over until tomorrow. Mr. Magee was
seen by a Times reporter and ques
tioned regarding tho hunting and
fishing in the Ten Milo country. Ho
said ducks aro very scarce this year,
and the fact is rather remarkable,
since thero has In the past been
thousands of tho fowls there at this
time of year. Mr. Mageo saw three
men out on the lake last Sunday
Ashing with salmon eggs. They
caught, 91, 84 and 83 line trout re
spectively. They were out a little
over an hour. The Lake creamery
has closed down for the present, ow
ing to jack of material. It will re
main closed for two or three months.
OO
HENRV VILLE HAPPENINGS. O
QtQQfQ$WrOQQ4''4Q
Henryville, Dec. C. Mr. John
Miller was in Marshfleld Monday.
Mr. T. Russell was a Henryvlllo
visitor last week.
Mr. M. J. Bowron, of Henryvlllo,
was In Marshfleld Tuesday.
Mr. A. Kelly was a Maxwell visitor
last week.
Mr. Fred Kruse, of Tleasant Val
ley, returned home Monday from
Marshfleld, on the launch Meteor.
Mr. John Grundy, of Coaloda, waB
In Marshfleld Monday.
Mr. Fred Kruse 1b building a gaso
llno launch and expects to have it
finished In three weeks.
Miss Gladys Ferry, who has been
visiting at Henryville for the pat
week, returned to her home in
Marshfleld Monday.
Mr. BSvgeon, of Coaleda, wa la
Marshfleld Monday.
Mr. Meadows was In MnrehfielU
Tuesday.
Tho launch Banahtw made a trip
up the Isthmus Tuesday.
Mr. McCutcheon is the under
ground boss at the South Port mine.
A number of hering have been
caught on the Iathmui.
The heavy rain lately ha caneed
tho big cut on the Summit to Hde
In.
Mr. E. Thoroaa, who has been pros
pecting In Sixes ( returned home last
wook.
Flowers are one and a half degrees
warmer than the surrounding air.
A man's chanoes of a sudden death
aro olgbt tlmos as groat as a woman's.
NEW STEAMER
Mr. George W. Hatch, of San
Francisco, who came in this morn
ing over tho Drain stage route,
trips from San Pedro to Portland
and other coast ports. Tho ship is
tho Hnnallc, owned by tho company
which operates tho Kllhurn which
was taken from the Coos Bay traffic
some months ago and put on a south
urn run. Mr. Hatch saw placards in
tho Portland hotels stating that tho
Hanalic would sail tonight from
Portland and would call at Coos Bay,
He had been waiting several days
for the Alliance and had turned his
fli'.t-nf linotr 1 twl lind lm.ir.Tif r..n r
tho Breakwater. When the accident
happened to tho Breakwater, ho
tinned his ticket back and purchased
A COOS RIVER SUMMER ROMANCE.
A Summer Vacation Results in
I
Creation of Another Happy
Home in This Favored Sec
tion. Summer vacations and their ac
companiments are not without their
happy terminations. Tho paragraph-
crs take great delight in satirizing
tho summer girl and her numberless
engagements, but they never tell.the
side which culminates In marriage.
When tho stoamer Plant arrived In
thcsbay yesterday it brought Mr. and
Mrs. Georgo L. Gould, and thereby
hangs a tale which has to do with a
summer vacation that had no relation
to thoso which tho humorist chroni
cles. Miss Myrtle H. Birch, of Chlco,
California, a school teacher, recently
spent a few months on Coos Bay and
Wisconsin Syndicate in field
for Coast Product on
Large Scale:
BOUND FOR MARSHFIELD
Dearth Tn Wisconsin Causes Investi
gation And Purchase In
ForestH of West.
A party of Wisconsin lumbor men
-h -. Tnnina "M" TTVnnr Alfrfwi
CUU.UBUU Ui. .l .. -., .
Rogers, and M. S. Ka Lauber havo
started for Oregon and will arrive in
a few days. They represent a largo
t.JT,.- L,i.n, n.i w.n make Mr
AUltlUVt WJM-.wv
..-.ni,n nt 4lmhoT InnHn f Ti this
ZlZ
Tho party 1b from Madison, Wis.,
and .will come directly to this city
from tho east, and after they have
.-. i.lw.t linv u'ntlt In thl ReC -
BUUUJVU nil"!, i"vj ... .-
tlou they will go to Washington to
look oei- tho timber field in that
state and mako more purchases.
The rapid cleaning up of tho tim
ber in Wisconsin during tho past ton
years has caused numerous mill men
located on tho great lakes to turn
their oyes to this portion of tho west
coast to Invest In timber lands. It is
expected that thoso men aro tho for
runners of a great many who will en
ter Ihe local Hold in their search for
any timber that remains to be pur
chased. For years the timber buy-
ing has beW ruphing along In Ore -
gon until in a short while the mill
owners
timber
will have all the avaliauic
held for manufacture of
lumber.
FRUIT GROWERS
WANT INSPECTOR
Would Kival IIwmI River .In Quality
And Advertising of lro- ,
ducts.
There Is a movement on foot
among the fruit growers of tho coun
ty to have an iuspector of frultB ap
pointed for this district. From tho
interest being Bhowu In the matter
it Is probable that there will be ono
appointed for the first of tho year.
To secure fUe services of an in
spector It ia necessary to have u witi
lton signed by twenty-live fruit
growers of the county. From the
progress being made la getting up
the petition It Is believed that there
wtll be no trouble securing w
names.
The formation of a county fruit
growers' association, to be affiliated
with the state associ ation, i also
causlug a great amount of Interest-
among fruit growers of the Coos Riv
er aud Coqullle Valleys. Numerous
irult growers nre asking ror jne
.mi f nunninMnn nnd tho
prospects aro that tho first of tho
SUP WES!
COOS BAY RUN.
ti asportation to Drain on tho
Southern Pacific. When ho saw tho
announcement thnt the Hanallo
would call at Coos Bay, he thought
he could not risk another' disappoint
ment, nnd so came by train and
stage. Tho Hanallo Is a ship of larg
er capacity than the Kilburn and If
sho makes this port regularly will
relievo much of tho congestion in.
passenger traffic which at times is
unfortunate for the Coos Bay count
ry. Tho steamer should make this
port by Sunday morning if che is not
delayed In sailing. Ho was Informed
by tho Breakwater peoplo that tho
delay to that ship might not bo for
more than a few days, as It was In
tended to patch tho hole and proceed,
and make tho full repairs on her
next trip north.
th0 Coos Rlver- Whn hcr0 8h0 me,fc
Mr. Gould and a friendship which
soon ripened Into deeper sentiment
was formed. Tho eventual result
was that Mr. Gould recently jour
neyed to Chlco and thero claimed his
bride.
Tho marriage took place at tho
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Birch, tho
brldo's parents on November 17.
The groom Is a well known rest-
(dout of Coos county and has resided
most of his llfo at Allegany, on tho
North Fork of tho Coos river. Tho
couplo will mako their homo at his
ranch, Riverside, a short dlstanco
from Allegany. Mrs. Gould has a
brother in Marshfleld, Mr. F. C.
Birch, of the Red Cross u.rug store,
whom "ho was visiting at tho timo
she met Mr. Gould. A host of friends
wish tho happy couplo an overflowing
mca3uro of all tho good things that
llfo holds in storo.
p T1US WOMAN GETS EVEN
Beats Life Insurance Co. By 4
Living 100 Years
NEW YORK, Doc. 9. Mrs.
Betsy Gage, of Brooklyn, who
celebrated her 100th birthday
anniversary last week, received
from tho Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society on tho anniversary
day, a present of $121.80 and a
boquet of roses in honor of her
distinction as tho most success-
ful investor in llfo insurance on v
record.
Mrs. Gage began her experl-
ment in llfo in tho Equitable in
1880, when she was 72 years
old. She purchased for $2000
an annuity of $275, payable
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, The expectancy tables at that
, time gave her eight years.
Six years later sho invested
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.
$1300 In another llfo annuity
! of $211, payable quarterly.
At
O that time the mortality tables
gave her a little moro than five
years of life.
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But Mrs. Gago outliveu tho
,., ti ,!, n
nnrimries caicuiuuuiia ""
net result that sho has drawn
ovor $12,000 from Equitable So-
ciety oi an investment of $3300.
year will seo a live organization la
existence.
It lo believed by the fruit growers
that thoy cannot fnll to benefit by
following In tho steps of othor big
fruit growing sections in the stato
an,i havo an association to supervise
tho fruit Industry in order that they,
miy reflect notnlng out cruuu uu
coos Bay fruit. Tho lmmonso
amount of advertising that has re
sulted from the Hood River organiza
tion has given po elopotlsued
tlon has given peoplo outside tho
stato tho notion that Hood Rlvor
products aro tho only kind of any mo
ment In Oregon.
The' display of Coos Bay fruit In
Portland hns caused comments from
tho biggest fruit growors In tho west.
Tbo fruit Is said to bo equally as
good, If not bPtter, than tho Hood
River productions. Consequently It
Is firmly belloved that with a good
fruit growers' association tho Coos
Bay apples may even gain greater
famo from their perfection nnd pur
ity than tho Hood Rlvor product.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
IN CHICAGO JUNE
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Chicago
was victorious on tho first ballot In
tho Republican National committee
for the locution of tho Republican
National Convention of 1908. Tho
date on which tho convention will
meet Is Juno 16. Tho voto stood
31 for Chicago 18 for Kansas City;
and four for Denvor, after which
' ChlcaKo was solccted by acclamation.
Senator Fultoa voted for Chicago
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