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' -- 8 THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1908. ? ft if. f 1 t COLLECTING . CODS TAXES The New System Adds Much Work to the Sheriff's Office. Tho now system of collecting taxes lias been adopted in Sheriff Gage's wfflco this year, which It is claimed Trill be a great saving to tho county, as tho chance to miss anyone's de scription is reduced to a very small percentage, under the old system a large percentage being missed, and tho county was out considerable money. Under tho system it required 'three volumes with 29 lines to tho page, and the personal and real prop 'crty taxes were lumped together. This year there are six volumes and 39 lines to tho page, and real and per sonal taxes are separated. Deputy Sheriff Gage informs tho Sentinel that as tho system is new it is diffi cult to work out to perfection, for tho reason that It Is difficult to obtain tho necessaray office help to transact the business. Heretofore It took only a small force to collect the taxes, but this year it seems impossible to ob tain competent clerks to do the neces sary work, and the six volumes have compelled them to uso tho circuit court room for the collection of taxes. If tho new system proves successful It will bo necessary for the sheriff to have a larger office than the pres ent one, as the books when opened up measure about 72 inches, and it will require a largo room to hold tho six of them and tho other necessary Tilanks. Up to Tuesday there had been paid In about $5,000 out of a total collec tion of $2G0,2G5.78. Deputy Gage in forms us that very little kicking is "being done, and they all seem to bo anxious to tako advantage of the three per cent discount, some of tho old settlors claiming "that they have lived in this wooden world long onough to exempt them from paying any more taxes". They forget the old ndago that tho only thing a man can expect from tho time ho Is born .3 the tax collector and tho under taker. Coquille Sentinel. DOG POISONER AT WORK. w TIT 15 i KM 1 County Sent Canine Owner's Suffer From Depredations. During tho past week or two sev eral dogs belonging to citizens of this placo havo been poisoned by scattering slices of bacon covered with arsenic on tho streets. Among those who have lost dogs by tho poison route aro T. II. Mehl, Root. "Watson, Ed. Lorenz, M. J. Ilartson and Mr. Dashney, who lost a valu able Scotch colllo which ho brought lrorn Dulutji, Minn., a year ago. All of these were good bird dogs and wero harmless, never bothering nny ono nnd it seems strange that a per son will tako this method of getting rid of dog3 which wero good for something, and tho street mongrels which aio snapping at everyone's heels go unharmed. It is a stato prison offense to throw poison on tho streets, and if those who havo lost dogs find out who tho guilty party Is they will see that ho gets tho limit. Coquille Scntlnol. An Official Treatise on the Grip by the Oregon Board of Health. To Coos Bay peoplo who have been recent victims of tho grip it may bo somo consolation to know that it is an aristocrat of diseases. It has de scended from tho oldest families, having come down from twenty cen turies. Influenza, or la grippe and how to euro and prevent it is exhaust ively treated in one of tho recent bul letins pf the Btato board of health by Dr. E. A. Pierce. Its history, and peculiarities aro well described and much information of value Is contained In the paper. "Lagrippo is an acute infectious disease whoso history dates back 2,000 years," read tho papers. "It frequents all parts of the civilized world and attacks all ages and conditions of life. It may be car ried long distances In the clothing. In the last great epidemic the dis ease spread from St. Peterburg to the state of Kansas in two months. "Children as a rule have tho dis ease much less severely than adults. Tho aged and poor in health suffer most. La grippe is the cause of moro consumption than all other causes combined. Peoplo who live or sit In badly vqntilated or overheated rooms or in crowded assemblages, upon go ing out into tho fresh cold air, are often chillol and flie disease fol lows. "The symptoms of tho disease aro usually, first, a tired feeling, luuuweu uy sneezing ana a sense of having taken cold; pain and aching of the body. Constipation and fever are almost always pres ent. If tho bronchial tract or lungs aro tho seat of the trouble. a tightness of tho chest and cough will follow. This may rapidly lead to bronchitis or pneumonia, "If peoplo would avoid la grippe, ravages, It will bo necessary for them to work, eat and sleep regu larly to avoid all excesses, keep In tho open air as much as possible, avoid over-heated and badly ven tilated apartments, keep tho bowels regular, and avoid patent medicines and nostrums, and In a word keep the bodily vigor at its highest possi ble standard." EQUIPMENT FOR THE NEW LIGHT PLANT Coos Hay Gas nnd Electric Light Company Will Shortly Receive Mammoth Wright-Corliss Engine. Construction is about completed on tho building In tho rear of tho Simpson mill at Porter, which will houso the plant of tho C003 Bay Gas and Electric Light Company. Under shipment Is a Wright-Corliss engine which will supply power for tho elec tric light current for Marshflold and North Bend. Tho engine is of mon ster proportions. It measures 29 feet long, weighs 190,000 pounds, and has an eighteen-foot fly wheel with a four-foot face and eleven-inch shaft, and a 42x32-lnch cylinder. Tho engine is of 800 horse power, but Seymour Bell states that, for present needs, only 400 will bo de veloped. There Is sufficient power to run both tho electric light system and a trolley, and he says that oven this tax would not require quite all of tho full capacity. Six tubular boilers of 150 pounds pressure are now en route from tho Hodges-Casey Company, Chattanooga, Tenn. They aro of tho automatic feed type, equipped with an arch chamber lead ing into the chimney. Last, but most important, a monitor stop will be In stalled in the main offices in Marsh field, by which tho entire plant can be stopped simultaneously. The first shipment of machinery Is duo on this Alliance. BANDON BREVITIES. Todny's ads. should flnC somo do slrablo tenants for some desirable properties. Tho much-lauded "power of the press" is nevor moro usefully em ployed than in nsslstlng a worthy etore to becomo a bigger store. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Sealed proposals aro Invited and will bo' received by tho directors of School District No. 53, Coos county, Oregon, until April 15, 190S, for the construction of a school houso 223C, with 14-foot coiling, contractor to furnish all material. Work to be completed by July 1, 190S. Plans and specifications may bo seen at the office of Hall & Hall. Marahfleld. or at tho clerk of said district. The board of directors of said district reserves tho right to reject any and all bids. By order of tho board of directors of said (Hstrlctpg-Bqn.ToInA.I cm of District No. 53, Coos County, Ore. B. P. SAVAGE, Clerk. Tho "not-needed-now" things should bo taken to tho wnnt nd people It will "pull" It will impress. It will creato trade, accordingly. You will add at least ten per cent o your "interest in life" by acquiring tho ad. reading and ad.-answerlng habit. News of the Week as Found in the Columns of the Recorder. Miss Annie Waldvogel left recent ly to take charge of tho school at Sumner, where she taught last term, she will finish the term. Varney & Tuttlo, the news and variety dealers, 'dissolved partner ship Thursday evening of last week, Mr. Varney selling to his partner and retiring from the firm. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle will run tho business. S. C. Smith, the millwright nt Cody's who was seriously Injurred two weeks ago, is able to again re turn to work. And tho widows aro accordingly happy. E. M. Blackerby has received ?1,000 on tho life of his deceased wife from the Fraternal Aid Society, one of Bandon's lodges. Ole Holland had tho misfortune to break a bono in his ankle while longshorlng last Monday. Charles H. Bramley Is tho new business manager of Marsden's wholesalo liquor house In Bandon. Charley is a popular fellow, and the business will suffer none at his hands. Tho residence of Charles Lorenz was burglarized some time last week and many valuable articles taken. A search warrant revealed tho ar ticles in tho houso of a neighboring family. Prosecutions will probably follow. Captain Ott Wlllard is preparing to movo his family from Coquille to Bandon, he having started the erection of a houso in tho western part of town. Captain Willnrd, as all know, Is having a passenger boat built for tho Bandon-Coqulllo run, and his headquarters aro going to bo at this end of tho line. Frands Thomsen, who was up last Saturday from his widely known dairy below Langlols, tells us that he has ordered and is now installing six milking machines and a gas en gine and pump on tho ranch. This machines will expedito tho work of drawing tho lacteal fluid from his 150 dairy cows. Tho many friends of Reeves, tho barber, will be pleased to learn that ho has bought tho three-chair shop of a barber houso in North Bend, and will continue ono of our Coos county community. Charles Daly and mother left for their future homo at Eureka, Cal., tho first of tho week, traveling by private conveyance down tho coast. A. E. White, tho Columbia avenue groccryman, was called to the bed sldo of his sick father recontly. Ho left Friday morning for tho parental homo in Lloyd, Wisconsin. George A. Gage, who is now mar keting a flno article of coal from his mine at Rlverton, was in town last Friday. Ho announced his intention of putting up a receiving shed for his product on tho West End dock, in tho rear of tho Hotel Gallier, in tho near future, and will cater to tho wants of tho peoplo of Bandon. Alvln Munck expects to move his business from tho Blackerby build ing to tho flno new quarters near tho woolen mill about tho first of March. His placo will then bo known as tho Eaglo saloon instead of the Anchor bar. Work on the extension and filling In of tho north jetty of tho bar goes steadily ahead, rain or shine, and Mr. .Tacobson proposes losing just as llt tlo time as possible, t Wo shall have more to say about this work in a fu ture iS3UO. J. H. Price, tho ship builder, is on a visit to Portland and San Fran cisco. Accompanying him when he left was C. E. Bland, the gentleman who came here as the representative of the McKay estate, for whom Mr. Price has begun tho construction of a new and second steam schooner at his yard. Mr. Bland greatly en Joyed his stay among us, and prom ises to como again soon. The First Trust & Savings Bank Of Coos Bay Tho largest capitalized and paid-in capital of any bank in Coos county, and, from depositors' standpoint, as well safe guarded. Oporating under new stato law, it has broador privileges to extend to customers than under any other banking charter, and publicity as to Its standing and condition is required, as well as having good bank supervision by a stato bank examiner. Special attention is called to tho Savings accounts, which aro received as low as $1.00, and upon which interest is paid. Wo solicit your business and Invito your attention to its officers and directors. John S. Coke, President. .M. C. Horton, Vico President and Mgr. Dorscy Krcitzer, Ca9ldcr. S. C. Rogers. W. S. Chandler William Grimes C. W. Tower, . . Henry Scngstnckcn, . . John F. Hall. Commenced business October 21, 1907. We will receive your money for taxes and procure your tax receipt a nd deliver same to you free of charge. :: Post Card Views :i Of the Smith Mill Wo have eight special souvenir cards of the C. A. Smith Mill. Just the thing to send your enstern nnd western friends to show what wo havo on Coos Bay. They would ho very ap propriate to go with a copy of Tho Times if you bend one away. Wo also havo NO other local post card views. 15o a booster. Mail a card to your friends. A. M. PRENTISS & CO. Post Cards, NWclties, General Merchandise. t -- r 0OO00O'"t'O"5''00J Z $1.45 Per Sack h Sound Km Flour h ill i mil in . 4 o tttxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx m:mjmmn:mj:m:::K;mmmnmf iS 9BSss Why bake when wo havo every thing a housewife could wish in tho bakery line. Wo keep everything good to cat. "A" St. Opposito New Bank Bldg. 8 tb::mmtmm;m::njm::mmn: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ o NOW OPEN HILL'S BARBER O SHOP. "A" Street, next to tho" O Coos Bay Bakery. CRYSTAL THEATRE A BIG COMIC BILL Four Moving Pictures Two Illustrated Songs Program Changed Monday and Thursday. 7:30 and 8:1." p. in. Admission 10c 9 9 99 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 v 9 9 9 9 9, A Few Cents Invested In n Want Ad. Will Bring You s $ s s In Return. 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