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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1907)
THEDAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFLD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1907. ARE WE GOING TO SELL GAS RANGES? We are, and the very best makes at the lowest prices. And for hot water W the bath and all other purposes there is nothing as cheap and conven ient as the Humphrey Gas water heater, Always ready, We sell them, We furnish both the gas meter and regulator. The Coos Bay Gas & Electric Co. Marshfield and North Bend. lSESSSHSHaSB5HSZSISE5clSlSiSHS,E!S3SSHSHSSSiSESZSZ5HZScSHSHSZSZ5HSHSa WHY DO PEOPLE BUY IN SENGSTACKEN ADDITION? BECAUSE It is choice inside residence property, lots 50x100 with alleys, is well sheltered with a good bay view, and prices of lots are reasonable. For particulars see TITLE GUARANTEE & ABSTRACT CO. Henry Sengstacken, Manager. esa5aSH5ESH5HSH5E5a5ESS5HSaSE5H5aSBB5ESS5aSH52SaSB2SH5aSS5a5E5S5a5HS2S3 Portland &C Coos 5 Sails from Portland Wednesday at 8 p. m. Sails from Coos Bay Satu days at Service of Tide. C. F. McColIum, Agt. Phone Main 34 - - - - A. St. Dock lS25H5H5H5HSaSHSBSHEESESZ5HSE5ESHS?aSHSSa5H5E5H5H5H5i!SE5aFaSE5H5HSESH California and Oregon Coast Steamship Company. Steamer Alliance B. W. OLSON, Maslor. SAILS FROM PORTLAND SATURDAYS, 8 P. M. SAILS FROM COOS BAY TUESDAYS, AT SERVICE OF TIDE. F. P. Baumgartncr, Agt. L. W. Shaw, Agt. Couch St. Dock, Portland, Ore. Marshfield, Ore., Phone 441. mwi - wn 5SCT2jrl&:t? J i. C. BBECKEXKIDGE G. L. DEAN. New Owners of the COOS BAY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY Wo do a general Transfer and Storage business. Orders taken by Phono will receive prompt attention. AVnfor liYnnt. foot of A St. Phone 1031. ! Isg&ss&itePA&i WE MAKE GAS ENGINES ANDJ BOATS Speed Lanncliet and Enginei a Specialty AH Claisei of Boat and Engine RepairingJPromptlyJ Attended to Shopi in the North Bend Woolen Mills Nrtn Bend, Oregon H. R. BEV1ER, Mechanical Engineer C. H. ALLGER, BoitJBuilder -jryTT SHOW CASES and FIXTURES THE MODERN Idd Follows' Building, FfrfriT""1"! "'" STEAMER "FLYER" M. P. PEXDERGItASS, Mnstcr. TIME TABLE. Leaves Marshflrld 7:30, 9:00. and 10:30 a. m and 1:00, 2:30 and 4:00 o'clock p. m. Leaves North Bend at 8:15, 9:45 and 11:15 a. m and 1:45 3:15 rnd 5:00 p. m. Makes dally trips except Sundays. Fare: Ono way, 15 cents; round trip, 25 cents. 8 Cab Call Servlco AT ANY HOUR Good Hearse and Vehicles. HEISXKB, MILLER & CO. Livery, Feed and Salo SUiblo. Wood for Sale. Third and A Sts. Phono 1201 Marshfield. Bay S S. Lin ni iij.l J I IT ttcth. i m ii'j j mrom Plute-glnss Floor Cases any shape, nny style made to order by the Lntke Manufacturing Co. COMPANY U . JJLl!lL('(L,rt kl ....- - -.-. .. - ...-. ..--, . .r.-.-....-- GET YOUR 2 O .. FROM .. JOHN ARUNDSON. PHONE 1331 ------ QUICK DELIVERY UM'""al'BlnllUMIIIaalallal"BI For convenience of Call pa trons tho Laundry offlco will be openSaturdayevenlngs until 8 o'clock. Phono 571 today. Our wagon will call. COOS BAY STEAM LAUNDRY Marshflold aud North Bend. mnsrrri?rrK3iwiwarxw?r.'imsxTn7i Subscribe for Tho Times. CoaS ood WANT ADS FOR SALE Need money and will sacrifice about 200 acres, slough frontage, close In, (worth flOO per acre) this week, as ?30.00 per per. Only buyers with cash and wanting a good Improved ranch need apply. Pull particulars. Add. Box 251, Marshfield. No agents. FOR SALE Sunny Nook Farm, Coos River; berry and vegetable ranch. Paid over 25 per cent on price last year; will do better this year. Plenty building rock. Must sell by March 1st. Address S. W. Sher man, Marshfield, Ore. LOST A gold watch and chain either In Marshfield or North Bend or on the Sunrise. Finder please leave at Times office and receive reward. FOR SALE $250.00 buys an excep tionally good homestead relin quishment, close In; Haynes Slough; a 12x10 house with 3 acres cleared. Write B. S. Burney, North Bend, or phone 144 after 6 p. m. PIANO Will exchange fine piano for lots In Coos Bay. Address "K," Coos Bay Times. WANTED Position as clerk in store. Housekeeper for respecta ble widower or small family. Ad dress Mrs. A. F. B. Box 230, North Bend, Ore. WANTED Carpets to clean by Elec tric and Pneumatic process. Coos Bay Carpet Cleaning Works, on Broadway near depot. Phone 1993. WANTED A girl for general housework one that can take en tire charge of house preferred. Mrs. F. S. Dow. FOR SALE One lot in Caples Addi tion to Marshfield. For particu lars apply to Mrs. Luciuda Chris man, BG7 Milwaukee Street, Port land, Oregon. WANTED Team work wanted by H. E. Chance. Phone 1SS5. FOR RENT Couple furnished rooms modern convenience. Call at n. c. corner Second and B Sts. or In quire at Times. FOR RENT Housekeeping and bedrooms. Coos Bay Auciton Co. FOR SALE lS-foot gasoline boat Apply to Max Timmerman. FOR SALE Best business In town Apply Coos Bay Auction Co. FOR SALE Beautiful B-acre tracts at $60 and ?G5 per acre. C. H. Chandler, Bandon. Owner, ie7, w !! Bank of Oregon Gxp'tol Stock fullv paid up $30,000 Trensarls a General Panting Busineii North Bend, Orepon il 'Reduction Sale At CHAS. A. STEVENS C loat and Suit House . Chicago. M. R. Smith, Agent. O Ccr. First & B St., Marshflold. A A A A A 4 A , -S NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notic. is hereby fc.von that seal ed bids will bo recelvod by tho com mon council of tho city at Marshflold, Coos county, Oregon, up to January 6, 1908, at 7:30 o'clock p. m. for tho Improvement of that portion of LAUREL STREET In said city of Marshfield, from the north lino of H Street to the lino between Sees. 27 and 34, T. 25, S. R. 13 V according to the plans and specifications there for on fllo in the offlco of the City Recorder and open to tho Inspection of all persons Interested therein . Dated this 21st day of December, 1907. J. M. UPTON, City Recordor. Fresh Olyniplii Oysters and frozen Toko Point Oysters, hardshell ehinis, fresh fish, crabs, shrimp, und imoked sutlnion todiiy. Tho Empire Klah Market, near Plonoor Grocery. Subscribe for Tho Times. Renew your hunting licenses nt the GUNNERY. All hunters licenses expire Tuesday, Dec. 31, One-fourth off on all Christmas goods, suca ns toys, doll buggies, china wars, etc! Coos Bay Cash Store. Somebody may bo "calling you up" through a want-ad today. Tattle of the Town Little cmlna of fct rifted from f the cluUX of goalp flying up J nud dowa the town. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. After much difficulty The Times has Its carrier system so arranged that the papers should now bo promptly and carefully delivered. Wo urgently request that all subscribers who do not receive their papers promptly notify the business office either by telephone or otherwise, that the error may be corrected. Alliance Due Tomorrow Word was received by Local Agent Shaw this morning that the Alliance had crossed tho Columbia river bar at S a. ru., and that she would arrive In the harbor here some time tomorrow, departing on Wednesdoy night, or Thursday morning for Portland. Itoomcs Are Decorated. The Odd Fellows' hall, where the Hahatonka Club will hold its New Year dance, has been beautifully decorated during the past few days for this function, which will bo one of the greatest social events of tho season. Invltn tions galore have been sent out and a big attendance is expected. Marshal Is Sick Man. Marshal Carter has been a sick man for the past few days, but in spite of this fact has Insisted on attending to his duties a usual. He has a touch of I pnuemonla, but has been around the) streets as usual attending to his duties. He did not appear this j morning, however, as ho was too 111 to leave his home. Will Wait for Boat John Vrles, the man from New York state, who had such peculiar experiences in i reaching this district, will now wait ' for tho Portland boat. He has been ' favorably impressed with Coos Bay since he has had a chance to look It over, but believes that SInslaw Is the locality he Is looking for, and ho will rctiu'n to Oregon in the spring. Smith Boosts Coos Bay There Is quite an arllclo In the last issue of the National magazine describing tho history of C. A. Smith, the millionaire lumberman of Minneapolis. The monthly gives an excellent cut of Mr. Smith, who has been interviewed. He n anaged to put in several boosts tor this section which will prove I valuable advertising to the com munity. Found Clear of Ttueks. Tho local railroad sent n train over tho Hue be tveen this point and Coquille yes terday and found that the water from the overflow of the river Had sub sided to such an extent that the pas senger service could be resumed to day. Quite a number of visitors from tho Coquille valley took the oppor tunity this morning to get to their destinations after a delay of several dajs. Three Were Drowned Reports from Gardiner are to the effect that three men were drowned In the Ump- iua last Tuesday, and that the news of this catastrophe received hero was correct. Owing to the line be ing out of commission no news or names have been obtainable. It was reported yesterday that tho second mate of the San Gabriel alsj broke his neck while trying to board tho boat In tho darkness. Drain Route Open. The Dralh stage resumed carrying passengors and freight this morning as usual. Tho Gasco met the stage on Saturday afternoon, tho delay on Friday re sulting from the stage from Drain to Scottsburg being delayed by wash outs until It was too late for the boat on the Umpqua to make Its regular trip to Gardiner. This caused tho delay of ono day In tho route, which Is now In good shape once more. Delhi Lenics Tonight The steam er Delhi, which will take the place of the Plant until tho latter has been thoroughly overhauled, will leave San Francisco tonight for this port, where sho will arrlvo on Wednesday. Tho boat Is about tho size of tho Plant and carries a few less passen gers, and her accommodations nro excellent. The name of her captain Is not yet known and this will bo tho first vl3lt of the ship to this port. Sho will leavo for San Francisco on Thursday. Dally Storm Warning F. S Dow has received word from Portland that a storm wave Is moving to Port Cres cent west, Port Angeles, Blaine, Bell- Ingham, Port Townsond, Everett, Seattle, Tacoma, Anacortes, Aber deen, North Head, Astoria and Till- mook. A storm off tho Oregon coast fe moving rapidly inland and will cause high southeast shifting to southwest winds tonight. Until noon today the sun was shining and there was every Indication of a fine day, al though tho clouds began to pile up early in the afternoon. Council Meets Tonight. Thq Marshfield city council will meet to night and It is expected that this will be tho last gathering of the present administration. A cleanup of any thing left over and a straightening out of everything that needs it will bo accomplished at tonight's meet ing If possible. This will also be tho last appearance of councllmen J. A. Matson and Pete Clausen in their official capacity, as their places will be taken by J. N. Nelson and F. A. Sacchi at tho first meeting and In augratlon of the council next month, Big Hunch of Mull Over sixty sacks of paper mall and numerous sacks of letter mall arrived In Marsh field yesterday from tho Roseburg route. The mall comprised practical ly everything up to and Including tho mall of December 2G, and the mall received previously Is almost double the Christmas mnll of last year. The fine weather of the last few days al lowed the water to subside on tho route and the service has been great ly Improved. A great amount of tho belated mall consists of Christmas presnts which will be doubly sur prising to the recipients because of hope deferred. " Dtickers Get Ducked Dr. W. A. Toye and Charlie Howard, of North Bend, guaranteed to provide their share of a duck feast to be given by the Eagles In a few days, and yester day afternoon they proceeded to go hunting, according to a report. They secured a launch and decided that It made too much noise, scaring the ducks out of range. Having got hold of a small rowboat they embarked on the waters for n brief moment, and then discovered that there was an awful big hole In tho bay. Tkcra was also a big hole In tho top of tho boat, which turned out to bo the bot tom. They were rescued later and are none the worse for their bath. Berwick to Come .Here. W. .H. Cougholl, of Wedderburn, who ar rived in this city from the Rogue river several das ago to take charge of about two million Chinook eggs, which are being held at the cold storage, stated yesterday that he was expecting the gasoline schooner Ber wick from Wedderburn some time this week. The Berwick Is owned by R. J). Hume, the "King of the Rogue River," and will transfer consider able freight between Coos Bay and tho Rogue each way on this trip. She wll take the fish eggs to the Hume hatcheries where they will bo turned loose no.t spring after they havo turned Into fish large enough to look out for themselves. This is a generation of ad. readers of people who KNOW whether a price-concession is genuine or only assumed. Big Turnout to Social Function of Local Club, Which Is Much Enjoyed. The Bridge Club gnvo tho first of what those attending hope to bo a sorles of dances last Saturday night at tho Odd Follows Hall, when about thirty couple enjoyed ono of tho most sociable evenings In tho history of tho city. Mrs. Nicholson, Misses An derson, Farrln and Butler formed tho commltteo and It wns duo to their excellent tasto and closo discernment that the danco proved to bo tho suc cess that It was. Among those pres ent were tho following: Mesdames McEwon, J. W. Flana gan, Lawlor, Milner, Porringer, H. S. Tower, Mrs. Ingram, Mrs. Nicholson, Misses Paintor, Sougstacken, Tower, Larson, Helm, Hutchinson, Butler, Kaufman, Johnson, O'Connoll and others; Messrs. Butlor, Nasburg, Painter, F. Painter, I. R. Tower, Nichols, Ford, Goodrum, Mllnor, Goodwin, W. Butler, A. McEwen, T. T. Bennett, W. Kennedy, Archie Kruso, Nicholson, II. S. Towor, Far rln, H. H. McLean, Howard, Rogers, Parsons, Erlckson and somo moro. Plumbing and Tinning at rea sonable prices at Mllnor's Renew your hunting licenses at tho GUNNERY. All hunters' llcensos oxplro Tuesday, Dec. 31. j You can make a satisfactory trado at small expense and with little do- ! lay by using a classified advertisement BJ I l?t (Tl R1" c fl C Vrk lElUULa ULuULJ LITTLE BROWN HEN IS WINNER Phenomenon Raises Two Broods and Lays 46 Eggs Since May 5. PRIZE PULLET OF PACIFIC This Chicken Will Mnkc the Prizo Birds of Coos Look is Their Laurels. Said the Little Brown Rooster To the Little Brown Hen "You never did so well Since the Lord knows when. Said the Little Brown Hen To the the Little Brown Rooster "You'll certainly do As an Oregon booster." This little brown hen, which t oosts In Portland is entitled to a full measure of fulsome praise. Sho breaks all records. Tho prize hen of the Pacific coast, If not of the United States, is tho property of W. J. Carty, whose homo is at S07 Cleveland nveauo, on the Enst Side, Portland. Mr. Carty challenges tho world to show her equal as an egg and chick pro ducer. The hen in question Is of tho Plymouth Rock variety, of mo- dlum size, but a marvel of Industry. Mr. Carty said recently to a nows paper reporter: "Since May 5 last, Biddy has raised two broods of chickens, one of twelvo and the other of seven. Between, the weaning of tho first brood and tho hatching of tho second she laid 24 eggs, and overy other day sho laid a double-yolked egg, her averago be ing two eggs a day, Ono day wo noted that she laid two eggs within 15 minutes. '-vvj "Since the weaning of her second brood this year, 22 days ago, Biddy has laid an egg every day, and In tho last ten days a double yolked egg every day. Every statement I havo made is susceptlblo of proof. My wlfo will vouch for all, and the state ments aro fui ther supported by tho fact that there is not another hen in tho entire block in which I live. "Biddy's original cost was 75 cents. Sho Is easily worth $10, but sho could not be bought for that money. Her chlckons sell readily at 50 cents apiece. Ours Is a family of three, but Biddy comes very near furnishing us with all the eggs wo need." Mark Levy, Front street commis sion morchant vouches for the verac ity of Mr. Carty. Office Force of Smith Com pany Spend Enjoyable Evening Saturday A very successful party was given by tho offlco force of tho C. A. Smith Lumber company In tho hand some now offices of tho concern last Saturday night. About 4 0 peoplo spent a thoroughly onjoyable even ing dancing, hearing oxcollont mu sic from a quartetto formed of Mossis. Oron, Ostlln:), Losgron and Balloy, and bolng sorvpd with re freshments suitable for the occasion. The entertainment wafa hold In tho largo dining room of tho offlco, which was neatly decorated with fir boughs and cranberries. Tho color scheme was a rich, dreamy red, tho background bolng tan color. Music from a Grand piano, because of a dearth of orchestras, provided acompanimont to tho falnglng and dancing. Not tho lenst interesting feature of tho entertainment was an Inspection of tho now quarters of tho offlco force, which aro probably unequalled by any mill on tho west coast. Tho following wero prosont nt tho gathering: Mr. and Mrs. W. Burrotte, Mr. and Mrs. Oron, Mrs. F, R. McDonnld, Mr. and Mrs. DoMnngeon, Mr. and Mrs. Flsko, Mr. and Mis. A. II. Power, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Gagnon, Mlssos Mlnot, McCormac, Swanson, Larsens, Drlggs, Bennett, Mathleson, Nichols nnd Dawson; Mossrs. Con rad, Bailey, Brown, Horaborg, John son, Dalqulst, Ostllnd, Johnson, Barry, Losgron. Harry Brown, Kings Joy, McLean, Booth, Nelson and the Messrs, Stack. OFFICE Pill IS :' SUCCESS i i s tf V ki