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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1908.
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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.
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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.
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Four Moving Pictures Two Illustrated Songs
Program Changed Monday and Thursday.
7:30 and 8:1." p. in. Admission 10c
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