THE COOS BAY TIMES, FRIDAY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1908.
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That there is action among tho
citizens of Coos Bay when there Is
something tangible to work upon
bas been proved by tho sending of a
delegation fiom this harbor to Port
land to meet tho engineers sent out
from Washington to consider river
and harbor improvements and de
fenses on the Pacific coast. Tho send
ing of Col. Drlgham and Peter Log
gle, and the stationing of Walter
Lyon In Portland to watch for tho
arrival of tho experts, will undoubt
edly Impress the visitors with tho
importance of Coos Bay by the en
ergy of Its citizens so well displayed.
There aro now three men from
this section who will button-hole
Colonel D. W. Lockwood and Colonel
Leach, of Washington, Immediately
upon their arrival in tho Roso City,
which Is expected to bo sometime
this week. Several members of the
rHers and harbors committee of the
National Congress aro making tho
trip with the engineers and will be
Interviewed by the Coos Bay delega
tion. When tho message was received
from Secretary Lyon asking for as
sistance Dr. McCormac, Mr. Oren, of
the Smith mill, and Dr. Mingus went
over to North Bond to seo L. J. Simp
son regarding the sending of a good
man to represent tho bay Interests
to tho Portland visitors, and they
found that Mr. Simpson had already
responded to a similar telegram from
Mr. Lyon by securing Colonel Brig
ham and Peter Loggio to go to
Portland.
Tho Marshfleld Chamber of Com
merce then offered to bear part of
tho expense of tho delegation and
fifty dollars was set aside for this
purpose, the other portion being
born by Mr. Simpson on behalf of
North Bend. The two men left for
Portland Monday morning and will
, be in that city tonight.
A story in Friday's Portland Tele
gram, and some rather surprising In
side information secured by Mr.
Lyon, was responsible for tho tele
grams sent to tho bay for moro dele
gates to lay the situation before one
of tho coast defense experts, al
though it is quite evident that the
Washington authorities aro perfectly
aware of the importance of Coos Bay
as a defensive point and a harbor
for the coaling of battleships ,In tho
event of war with Japan. Tho fol
lowing Is the Portland story, which
states that Coos Bay is tho most im
portant project to bo considered by
tho visitors:
Several members of the rivers and
harbors committee of tho National
Congress, together with two mem
bers of the National board of en
gineers, who act in an advisory cap
acity, will be in the northwest before
the end of this month to inspect tho
many important government Im
provements now under way and pro
jected. Just how many members of the
Congressional committee will visit
Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and other
points In the Northwest which are
appealing to congress for additional
appropriations Is not known, but
Colonel S. W. Rosslor, Corps of En
gineers, U. S. A., stationed here, has
beon advised of the coming visit of
the two members of the board of
engineers. These officials are Colonel
D. W. Lockwood, chairman of tho
National board of engineers for
rivers and harbors, and Colonel S. S.
Leach, principal assistant to the
chief engineer.
They have just' completed a visit
to Port Los Angeles, and aro now
either nt San Francisco or other
points in California, where govern
ment work is being done, and ac
cording to their Itinerary, they should
arrive in Portland somewhere about
January 30. It is not known wheth
er they will meet tho rivers and
harbors committee hero or over on
tho Sound, though they aro schedul
ed to meet the committee at Tacoma
the latter part of next week.
Whilo in Portland and this vicin
ity, tho projects they will inspect
and familiarize themselves with, as
to tho advisability of approving ad
ditional appropriations aro: The
Colllo canal and jetty at tho mouth
of the Columbia river. Tho most im
portant new project to be Investi
gated by tho party Is tho Improve
ment of Coos Bay harbor and bar,
and strong interests hero will ap
pear bofore tho party and set forth
tho present conditions and needs of
tho various projects.
The visit of the Congressional
committee with tho board of en
gineers Is of particular importance
at this time, because, upon its favor
able or unfavorable report on the
present and proposed projects will
depend the action of congress on
tho rivers and harbors appropria
tion bill, which certain leaders of tho
house, led by Speaker Cannon threat
en to throttle.
NOT CAUGHT NAPPING
Myrtle Point Profits by PortlniuVs
Experience anil Keeps t Watch
ful ICje on the Japs.
Councilman Adams, of Myrtle
Point dosen't Intend that Mayor Lane
of Portland shall have all tho honor
of protecting American interests
from aggressive Japanese. He no
ticed a well dressed Jap In town the
other day who seemed to have plenty
of leisure and notified tho pollco de
partment to keep him under strict
surveillance to prevent him taking
sketches of tho city water system.
Enterprise.
A MUSICAL EVENING
Pupils' Recital Proves a Pleasing
Success.
A delightful musical program was
given by tho pupils of Mr. Elmer A.
Todd at tho rooms of tho Coos Bay
Academy of Music last evening.
Tho size of the audience suggest
ed tho necessity of larger quarters
for succeeding recitals. The Indi
vidual numbers were all charmingly
performed, and tho program was so
diversified with regard to contrasts
as to make it interesting as a whole.
Everybody expressed themselves as
having had a rare treat. Tho pro
gram follows:
Lustsplol Overture (Organ and Pi
ano) Kelar Bela.
Mr. Ray Tibbetts and Mr. Todd.
The Tulip Llchner
Miss Bessie Douglas.
Amaranthus Gilder
Miss Jamesina HIbbard.
Characteristic Danco Kammon
Miss Hattie Van Zile.
Songs Good Night, Little Girl, Good
Night, Drink to Mo Only With
Thine Eyes. . .Old English Melody
Miss Lillian Hall'
Japonlca Stanford
Miss Wllla Hall.
The Humming Bird Perlllo
Miss Nora Tower.
By The Mountain Spring ....Bourn
Miss Madge Savage.
Polka Boheme Rubenstein
- ( Mrs. Will Lawlor.
Song Jerusalem Parker
Miss 'Lillian Hall.
Song of the Brook Lack
Mrs. W. R. Haines.
Polonaise in aMajor. Chopin
Miss Alice McCormac.
Overture to Zampa Harold
Mrs. Haines, Mrs. Lawlor, Mr. Todd
DID NOT SPEAK TO
WOMAN FOR 30 YEARS.
Man Jilted in Lovo Leads a Hermit's
Life and Limits Companionship
To Dumb Brutes.
HAYWARD, Jan. 20. John Lock,
a hermit, who had spent the last
thirty years in tho hills near here,
died at tho County Infirmary on
Thursday. In a cabin on his thirty
acres of land at Bulmer Hill he lived
for over a quarter-century, surround
ed by his chickens, hogs, goats and
no less than a hundred cats. He ac
cumulated a good-sized fortune,
which he deposited in a San Francis
co bank. Local merchants tell
strange stories of the eccentric doings
of tho dead hermit, who often drovo
Into town four fractious horses,
hitched to a rickety wagon by rope
harness, a brace of revolvers strapped
about him. Disappointed in love, he
came here from Pittsburg and took
up a ranch, upon which ho never al
lowed any trespassers. It is said that
he did not speak to a woman during
the last thirty years of his life. He
will bo burled in the Catholic ceme
tery at San Lorenzo.
CONGRESSMEN HAVE T TILT.
JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 21. The
legislature today elected John Sharp
Williams to the United States senate.
In Rhode Island.
PROVIDENCE, Jan. 21. George
Peabody was elected to the United
States senate on the first ballot by
both branches of the general as
sembly today.
No Result in Kentucky.
FRANKFORT, Ky Jan. 21. The
house and senate voted separately
for senator today without result.
MR. AND MRS. D. B. JONES and
MR. R. E. JONES, of Portland,
who have been visiting valley
points, arrived on the noon train
In this city today and expect to
leave on the Plant for San Francisco.
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PLOT TO BLOW UP
(By Associated Press.)
RIO .TANIERO, JAN. 20. SEA'ER
AL ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE
IN CONNECTION WITH THE AL
LEGED PLOT TO DESTROY THE
AMERICAN FLEET NOW IN THE
HARBOR HERE. THE .HAND
THAT PRESUMABLY ORGANIZED
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THE PLOT CONSISTS OF FIVE
ITALIANS, ONE CANADIAN AND
TWO GERMANS, WHO HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED. IT IS BELIEVED
THAT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
BAND ARE IN CUSTODY AT SAN
PAULO. ME.MBERS OF THE BAND
COUNTED ON THE ASSISTANCE
OF A SPANIARD NAMED ROCES
TERO WHO HAS LIVED IN THE
"ITY A LONG TIME. HE WENT
INSANE A YEAR AGO, HOWEVER,
AND IS SHUT UP IN A SANITARI
UM AT MONTEVILLE.
FOUR ARE KILLED
ON GEORGIAN RAILWAY
Many Others Aro Injured in n Colli
sion Near Slmdin,
Georgia.
(By Associated Press.)
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 21. Four
were killed and a number Injured In
a wreck on tho Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic Railroad, near Shadln,
Georgia, yesterday.
BANDON BUILDING BOOM
Low Prices of Lumber Results in Re
newal of Activity in Building.
BANDON, Ore., Jan. 21. Low
prices in the lumber market tiave
furnished Incentive to the more pro
gressive and optimistic of Bandon's
business people, to build more ex
tensively than ever before; lumber
is selling to tho local trade for
prices of from ?5 per thousand for
tho roughest kinds to a rate com
paratively very low for fino grades,
and several Important buildings in
the business part of 'town have com
menced, notably tho new creamery,
Ellingson's now block on Homer
street and the K. of P. hall. Many
Improvements in street planking aro
also under way "fry order of the city
council.
BANDON'S NEW CREAMERY
Another Local Enterprise Is nil As
sured Fact.
(Special to Times.)
BANDON, Oro Jan. 21. The
new creamery for Bandon is an as
sured fact; J. R. Greene, tho pro
moter of the Industry, has contracted
with a local capitalist whereby the
latter will build and lease to him for
a term of years a complete and up-to-date
building on the water front,
the building will bo ready by A.prll
1st.
AMERICAN NAVY
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. The re
ported plot to blow up one or moro
of the ships of the Atlantic fleet at
Rio Janiero Is regarded at the White
House as a repetition of one of many
schemes which is constantly being
presented to the secret service by
persons who claim to possess infor
mation which they are willing to part
with for a consideration. No cred
ence Is given here to the existence of
an actual plot. It is understood that
the information originated in Paris
from which point it was communi
cated to the secret service bureau and
through that medium to Admiral
Evans and the authorities in South
American countries.
RECEIVER APPOINTED
FOR BOISE BANK
Walter S. Bruce hays Depositors
"Will Bo Raid In
Full.
(By Associated Press.)
BOISE, Jan. 22. Walter S.Bruco
was today appointed by tho court
receiver of tho Capital State Bank.
Mr. Bruce expresses confldonco that
tho depositors will be paid in full
None of tho Capital State's branches
In Southern Idaho aro closed as tho
result of the Boise failure.
BROTHERS, BUT NEVER MET.
Face to Fnco For First Timo On
Christmas.
TACOMA, Jan. 18. For tho first
time in their lives two brothers,
Otto J. Druinm, aged 47, a member of
the firm of Grosse & Drumm of Ta
coma, and Jacob Drumm of Wardner,
Idaho, aged 73, met' in this city for a
visit during the holidays.
The brothers were born in Rheino,
Bavaria. Jacob, the oldest of a fam
ily of twelve, entered this world in
1834. When ho was 18 years of age
ho came to America. Eight years
after his departure Otto was born.
Tho elder brother in 18C9 finally lo
cated in Wardner, whor ho owns sev
eral largo wheat farms. In 1889
Otto Drumm reached tho Pugot
Sound country and for a number of
years has been in business in Tacoma.
Although living within a few hund
red miles of each other tho brothers
were never able to arrango for a
meeting. They corresponded and
Anally each decided that this Christ
mas he would find out what tho other
looked like. Accordingly the older
brother came to visit in Tacoma.
C. L. M'CAUSLAND, of Corvallis,
was a pleasant visitor to friends
in Marshfleld Monday.
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Rigid Steel Frames
Liberal Drums and Gears
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THEY ARE BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP
ON THE PRINCIPLE OF
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Lemonade.
AURORA, 111., Jan 21. Thomas
J. Allen, Aurora's champion peanut
eater, lost 12 pounds during tho 60
days that he ate nothing but peanuts
and drank nothing save lomonade.
Tho sixtieth day expired a few days
ago. Professor Allen set out to live
on peanuts for CO days and he suc
ceeded. Hero are tho changes lu his
physique:
Waist measure Was 34 when he
began to live on peanuts; now 30.
Chest Inspiration was 34; now
32.
Chest Expansion was 37; now 30.
Weight Was 1C0 now 148.
Professor Allen, after declaring
that ho felt much better
than he did when ho begun the diet,
declared that in tho future ho would
never eat meat and said ho would
begin a banana and other fruit diet
within a few days.
"Peanuts, I have demonstrated,"
Dr. Allen declares, "aro an excellent
food. I have had a world wido
audience watching mo and I believe
I have stimulated an Interost in diet
ing. I have discovered that it is
possible to live, and live well, with
out meat.
"Special points of virtuo in tho
peanut that I have found aro several.
Tho peanut is tho greatest cosmetic
in tho world. It makes the skin
smooth and soft. Women should go
crazy about it. My skin was as rough
as an emery wheel when I begun to
eat peanuts; now it Is" as smooth as
a baby's.
"Tho' peanut Is very oily and stim
ulates the growth of khe hair, and I
bollovo that it would grow hair on a
bald head.
"Tho peanut is not an Jdeal food,
but it is tho richest single articlo of
diet in the world. I did not like
them at first, but now I almost like
them and intend to eat somo peanuts
every day for tho romalndor of my
life. I think thnt I have eaten about
a pound a day since I begun my ex
periment; that would bo CO pounds
of peanuts in all. I have eaten noth
ing olso and havo drunk nothing but
water nnd lemonade."
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tVO Tfifrt Street Portland, Ormgon
A PRACTICAL MERCHANT.
A rather amusing story Is told ona
man who went Into a hardwaro Btore
of a neighboring town and wished to
purchase an axe, says an Ohio paper.
Being shown the articlo and informed
that tho price was $1.50, ho said:
"Why, I can get the same kind of an
axe from a certain mail-order liouso
for 90 cents." "Very well," said tho
hardwaro man, "I will give It to you
for the same price provided that you
will do the same with mo aa you
would with them." "All right," re
plied the customer as he handed over
a dollar bill, tho merchant giving biro
bnck ton cents in change. "Now,"
said tho hardwaro man, "I want 2C
cents more to pay express charges,"
which tho purchaser gave him.
"How much did your axe cost yon?"
"One dollar and fifteen cents," tho
man answered. "Very good; now
give me tho five cents moro for mon
ey order fees and postage," which tho
purchasor had to hand over. "Now
how much did your axo cost you?"
"Ono dollar and twenty cents," said
the customer. "Not cheap after all,"
said the merchant, vflieroupon he
picked up tho axe, tossed it back on
tho sh.elf and told tho customer to
call for It In ten days, as that would
bo as soon as he could get it if bo
had ordered it from tho mall order
houso. Merchants' Journal and
Commerco.
J. L. SMITH arrived on tho noon
train from Coqulllo, whore ho had
been attending to matters for a
'Frisco firm. .
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