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RAT CAMPAIGN
IS LAUNCHED
Mayor Straw Bills City With
Dodgers Setting Forth
Need of Action.
GOOD BYE LITTLE RAT, GOOD
BYE.
(Softly and lowly Tuno of "Good
Bye, Llttlo Girl, Good Bye.)
Good byo, llttlo rat, good bye,
No more will you feast on our pie;
Whllo wo'ro after population,
It's not your kind of propagation,
So "23's" the route you'll have to
take.
Chortii.
Wo don't want the bubonic plague,
Of that we feel awfully afraid;
With our clubs and rat traps, too,
We'll go hunting rat for you,
So it's skidoo little rat, skidoo.
Good byo little rat, good byo,
On you big "Doc" Straw has his eye;
He's a determined sort of man,
And for you he's sworn the greaf,
big can,
So hit tho grit, rat, hit the grit.
(Repeat Chorus.)
Mayor B. E. Straw officially
launched the Marshfleld anti-rat cam
paign Thursday morning when he
commenced billing the town with
dodgers warning residents of the dan
ger of contracting bubonic plague
from tho rodents. Tho dodger re
Iterates the fact that the city will
pay five cents for every rat delivered
into Marshal Carter's hands. It also
sets forth tho manner in which the
"bubonic plague germs can be carried,
as follows:
Bubonic plague is a disease of the
Tat. The infection is transmitted by
tho flea. Tho flea lives on tho rat.
If tho rat has bubonic plague, the
flea becomes infected. If the infected
flea bites a human being, that person
becomes infected with bubonic
plague."
Closing, tho dodger says:
"Tho rats in San Francisco are
known to be infected, and It is not
improbable that some of those rats
may be brought to Coos Bay. When
warm weather comes, tho fleas will
liecomo more numerous, and tho dan
ger of tho spread of bubonic plague
will bo great. Therefore, I ask the
people of Marshfleld to earnestly co
operate with tho city council in the
work of exterminating tho rats. It
is your duty to trap and poison rats;
to havo your premises inspected and
obey tho sanitary laws of tho city.
You should use every means possible
for destroying tho food supply of rats.
"E. E. STRAW, Mayor."
WORK OF ENLARGING
BREAKWATER TO START
Master Mechanic Smith of the South
ern l'ucillc to Leave on Satur
day's Boat to Supervise Job.
M. C. Smith, master mechanic for
tho Southern Pacific, will leavo for
Portland Saturday on tho steamer
Breakwater. Mr. Smith will super
vise tho Installing of tho new smok
ing room on tho stern of the upper
dock of tho steamer. Tho smoking
room is completed and waiting in tho
S. P. shops at Portlnnd. As soon
as It Is put on work will at onco com
monco on converting tho present
smoking room into passenger berths.
Tho boat will havo an added capacity
of fourteen passengers, or a total ca
pacity of 105 when tho work of en
larging is completed. Workmon will
stay on tho job until it is completed,
which, it is thought, will bo somo
timo In April. Master Mechanic
Smith will return to tho Bay on tho
noxt Broakwator.
PLANT ARRIVES IN
FROM SAN FRANCISCO
Boat Enjoyed nn Ideal Pns8ngo Front
tho Bay City List of
Passengers.
When tho Plant arrived in, Thurs
day, tho many friends of First Mate
Robert Fltzmorris wore glad to see
him on duty onco more. Tho mato
has boon lying off for Bovoral trips
taking a much needed rest. The
Plnnt had an ideal passago from San
Francisco, having loft thero on Tues
day afternoon. Tho boat is billed to
call at 2 o'clock Friday nftornoon.
Following aro tho pnssongors:
Mr. nnd Mrs. E. Ringor, C. Ruling,
B. II. Saulo, II. Lory, II. Hume, C.
II. Fishor, H. A. Chambers, J. W.
Gardiner, F. Hanson, W. H. Smith,
C. J. Van Zlle, Mrs. Laughrldge, Mrs.
M. J. O'Connell, Mr. dnd Mrs. R. B.
Doyor, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Larson, J.
P. Gllchrest, J. A. Reousteln, Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Williams, Mrs. J. Lory,
Mrs. Hanson, Mrs. D. Radon, Urs. E.
Crohtll, J. F. Quirt, V. Hansen, Ir
vine 'Chaadler, ff. Vl is,
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SEEKS SISTER
ID CHILDREN
Twenty-six Years Ago They
Were in Marshfield
Where Now?
What strango trick has fate played
with tho destinies of tho members
of this family?
In Coos countv is there anv nerson I
who can enlighten this half-brother,
who seeks information after the
lapse of a quarter of a century?
To tho Times in Wednesday's mail
came a letter from P. C. Wright,
Puntenney, Arizona. Ho wishes to
know tho addresses of Mrs. Phoebe
Emerson, a half sister; and her three
children, Rosa, Daisy and Charley
Jones; also a sister, Eva May, whoso
husband's namo ho has forgotten.
Tho letter follows:
Puntenney, Ariz., Feb. 28, 1908.
Wanted to know addresses of a
half sister, Mrs. Phoebo Emerson
and her three children, Rosa, Daisy
and Charley Jones, who lived In
Marshfield in 1SS2. Rosa taught
several terms of school near town
and would be about 48 years old if
living; Daisy about 33 and Charley
30. Also of a sister, Eva May, (hus
band's name forgotten), who lived
twelve miles south of tho mouth of
tho Coquille and a mile back from tho
coast, and if living would be about
47. Any one knowing present ad
dress or having any knowledge of
them in past years, please communi
cate immediately with tho under
signed and receive appropriate re
ward for such favor.
F. C. WRIGHT,
Puntenney, Ariz.
Somo Don'ts.
DON'T miss an opportunity to speak
a good word for tho coming district
fair In Marshfleld.
DON'T blamo Dr. Mlngus. Tho wea
ther may be bad, but he can't help
it. Complain at headquarters.
DON'T talk "stringency." Read the
reports from New York and you
will see that thero Is more money
on hand than the country knows
what to do with but don't hold
onto it. "It takes money to make
money."
DON'T fail to help all of Coos county
as well as Marshfleld or North
Bend or Eastsldo or Empire.
Everyone should boost for the good
of this whole section. A prosper
ous Coquillo valley means a pros
perous Coos Bay.
DON'T forget to subscribe for The
Times. You will find that it is at
all times a newspaper that stands
for tho "square deal," and it will
please all members of tho family.
DON'T read your neighbor's paper
all the time. Remember, tho more
subscribers wo havo the better pa
por we can make. Don't forget it is
your paper and you should help
support it.
PORT ORFORD PCnNTEKS.
Important. Items of the Week Taken
From tho Tribune.
Lorin Forty is now handling tho
ribbons on tho stage from hero to
Corbln.
John R. Miller Is expected down
from Coos Bay in a few days with
his gasolino boat and somo 30 tons
of freight for this placo.
Born February 22, 1908, to Mr.
and Mrs. James Curry, a son. Jim
wns ablo to bo in town Monday and
wns Inquiring for a hatchet to givo
to tho youthful Goorgo.
Oscar Neygren, who has been driv
ing tho lowor stago for somo timo,
resigned his position and wont to
Dnndon Fridny, whero ho will bo met
by Eugono Strain, and tho two boys
will go on a pleasuro trip to Eastern
Oregon.
J. M. Woodworth passed down tho
coast Thursday on his return from
Boseburg, whero ho had gono with
his team after n gasolino onglno for
tho boat to bo used In carrying tho
mail from Gold Beach to tho Illinois.
A petition was being circulated in
Port Orford last weok, asking for a
voto on tho local option question, but
as a good many of our people aro
satisfied with tho present "dry" stato
of afTalrs, It Is doubtful if a chango
can bo secured.
Tailors declnro that "cuffs on trou
sers will not bo allowod," But tho
Coos Bay small boy who dlsoboys his
parents Is llablo to got a largo num
ber of cuffs on his trousers with or
without tho consont of any tailor.
It is a wonder that people would
not try to keep out of troublo when
they know Terr well that bylfalUnc
ltt If ttwy. n-ttBC Mrs a-Uwytr. '
VESSELS ARRIVED AT AND SAILED FROM COOS BAY DURING THE
MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1008.
Arrived.
Fob. 2 Coquillo from sea in distress.
" 15 Sausallto
" 20 Barkentino Arago
" 23 Repeat
" 23 Tug Columbia
VESSEL
Fob. 10 Louiso
Arrived.
Feb. 1 Hunter
" 3 Gasco
" 3 L. Rosco
3 Robarts
" 6 Allianco
C M. F. Plnnt
" 6 Breakwater
" G John Paulson
8 Hunter
" 12 Mlianco
" 13 Bandon
" 14 Breakwater
" 14 Homer
" 17 Redondo
" 18 Allianco
" 20 Gasco
" 21 Breakwater
" 22 Homer
" 24 Allianco
" 2S Breakwater
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Daily Ron! Estate Report Furnished
Co. Henry Sengstacken,
Manager.
Fbrunry 21, 1008.
Bennle Ettelson to Fred Jen
klnson; deed. Lots 23 and 24,
Blk. 14; also Lots 17 and 18,
Blk. 13, Edmonston First Addi
tion to Marshfleld.
Bertha J. Smith, to R. H.
$225
Smith; deed. Lots 1, 2, 3 and
4, Blk. 5; Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4,
Blk. 20; Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4,
Blk. 29, Coos Bay Plat B.
Chas. A. Smith et ux, to C. A.
Smith Timber Co.; deed. Tim
ber land in Twp. 24, R. 11;
Twp. 26, R. 9; Twp. 31, R. 12;
Twp. 31, R. 13 and Twp. 32,
R. 12.
H. C. Behnko to J. C. Wil
cox; deed. Lots 7 and 8, Blk.
70, Porter Addition to North
Bond.
Oliver Nicely et ux, to Fred
Riggens; deed. Lot 6, Blk. 3,
Ocean View Addition to North
Bend.
Simpson Lumber Co., to J. A.
O'Kelly; deed. Lots 9 and 10,
Blk. 51, North Bond.
February 21, 1908.
$10
$10
$10
$50
$5
R. L. Edmonston to Joseph Stev
ens, deed; lots 3, 4, 5, G and 7, block
12, Edmonston First Add. to Marsh
fleld $10.00
H. Sengstacken et ux to L. D. Kin
ney, deed; lot 11, block 48, and lots
30 and 31, block 29, Coos Bay Plat
B $5.00
H. Sengstacken et ux to L. D. Kin
ney, deed; lot 1G, block 63, Coos Bay
Plat B $10.00
Georgo W. Beale' et ux to L. D.
Kinney, deed; lots 12, 13, 14, 15 and
16, block 12, Coos Bay Plat E.?1,000
School District No. 33 to North In
let Social Club, deed; parcel of land
beginning G.04 chs. west of S. E. cor
ner of N. E. quarter of S. W. quarter
section 2, township 24, range 13,
containing one-half acre $1.00
L. D. Kinney et ux to L. T. Matth
ews, deed; lots 15 and 1G, block GO,
Coos Bay Plat B $600.00
February 25, 1908.
Cora E. Bolt and husband to J. T.
Byars, deed; lots 5 and G, block 38,
Railroad Add. to Marshfleld. $760.00
E. L. Roberts et ux to J. A. .Rob
erts et al, deed; one-half Interest
in E. half of N. W. quarter, N. E.
quarter of S. W. quarter and lots 1,
2 nnd 3, section 16; and lot 5 of sec
tion 17, township 2G, range 12; also
beginning 4.75 chs. E. of meander
corner between soctlons 8 and 17,
township 26, range 12 $100.00
Bank of Orogon to L. C. Reynolds
Lumber Co., deed; all of block B,
Bank Add. to North Bend $10.00
Lincoln C. Reynolds ot ux to L. C.
Roynolds Lumber Co., deed; all of
block C, Bank Add to North
Bend $10.00
Fobruary 26, 1908.
Henry Hoeck ct ux to Bennett
Trust Co., deed; lots 1 to 4 and 13
to 24, incluslvo, block 5; lots 14 to
21 incluslvo, block 12; all of block
11, Coos Bay Plat D $1.00
Mary Florence Mullen to Flanagan
Estate, deed; lots and blocks In
Bunker Hill Add. and West Bunker
Hill Add., Marshfleld $10.00
Flanagan estate to Mary Florence
Mullen, deed; lots and blocks In
Bunker Hill and West Bunker Hill
Adds., Mnrshfleld $10.00
Flanagan Estate et al. to B. W.
Olson, lots 5 nnd 6, block 4, Bunker
Hill Add. to Marshfleld.... $10.00
Tho simplified spelling board re
commends that In wordB whore "mnv
is pronounced ns "m" that th "n '
b dropped. Many will dam this
vl(H talat jrsist. '
SCHOONERS.
Sailed,
llstress. Feb. 3 Transit
" 0 M. F. Plant
" 9 Tug Columbia
COWED BY" TUG "HUNTER."
Feb. 14 Hugh Hogan
" IS Sausallto
" 19 Louiso
STEAMERS.
Sailed.
Feb. 1 Breakwater
2 Hunter
" 3 Redondo
" C L. Rosco
" G John Paulsen.
" 7 Gasco
7 Allianco
7 Robarts
" 8 Breakwater
" 12 Hunter
" 13 Allianco
" 15 Breakwater
" 15 Homer
" 15 Bandon
" 19 Allianco
" 22 Breakwater
" 22 Redondo
" 24 Homer
" 2G Alliance
" 29 Breakwater
MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED
ON COOS BAY ROUTE
Letter Is Fifty-tlireo Years Going
From New Orleans to New York
Was Mailed Before the
Chll AVar.
NEW YORK, March 5. A letter
mailed to her in New Orleans long be-
foro tho civil war reached Elizabeth
Garthwalto at Newark yesterday. It
took more than 53 years to deliver it.
The date mark Is December 30, 1854,
and it will never bo known where the
missive has been sinco.
Miss Fanny Brittln, a cousin of
Miss Garthwaite, wrote the letter.
Sho was a daughter of Edward Brit
tin, who wa3 then a prominent resi
dent of Now Orleans. She lives In
El Paso, Tex. Miss Garthwaite is
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Nicols, of 14 Ful
ton street, Newark, the widow of
John A. Nichols.
In 1854 Miss Garthwaite and Miss
Britt'n wore girls in frocks. They
had lived at Ellzabethtown, now
Elizabeth, and attended school to
gether. Finally tho Brittins moved
south.
Tho two girls corresponded for a
time, but finally "Lizzie" failed to get
a reply from "Fanny." Yesterday
revealed tho reason.
The only explanation that the mail
ing authorities can give is that it
probably slipped behind a sorting
table and lay between it and tho wall
until tho table was removed.
Tho edges of the envelope aro so
uadly worn that the missive could
havo been removed. But tho namo
and address and tho postmark of tho
New Orleans postoffico were plain.
The ink on tho letter had almost dis
appeared, but a lino hero and there
showed It was simply a llttlo chatty
talk of one girl to another.
Mrs. Nicols learned of the Garth
walto letter being advertised at tho
Newark postofflce Sunday. When tho
office opened yesterday sho claimed
the letter.
SUMXER ITEMS.
The farmers around Sumner are
busy getting ready for their spring
crop.
Delmor Dyer is opening up a coal
vein on tho Catching place near Sum
ner. Tho stage drivers report four feet
of snow in the Coast rango moun
tains. W. Norten, our new road super
visor, Is doing somo good work on
the road.
Miss Eva Wilson, of Marshfleld,
is visiting her homo at Sumner.
Mr. and Mrs. Fulldown, of Chi
cago, Illinois, spent Sunday at tho
Sumner hotel.
Miss Ollle Richard, of Sumner, has
gone to Coquillo to attend school.
Tho New Castle Coal mlno Is turn
ing out some ntco coal.
Mrs. John Barker, of Falrvlow, Is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Harris, of Sumner.
Miss Anna Waldvogel has taken
chargo of tho Sumner school.
Gilbert Steckel, of Mllllngton, was
in Sumner Monday on a business trip
JAP RECEIVES BIG OFFERS.
(By Associated Press.)
SALT LAKE, March 5. Jack
Treadwell, a Japaneso interpreter,
formerly a member of tho Twenty
first United States Infantry, states
that ho has been offered $150 per
month by an agent of tho Japanese
government to act as spy in discov
ering the locatiou of mines and de
scriptions of tho fortifications in San
Francisco, San Diego and Puget
Sound, Treadwell sire substantial
details ot tke allot offer.
WIDOW GETS CHECK 1
FOR ILL! KISESS !
Bank of Love Is Bankrupt andCUrlty- Sh0 B"Bgcstcd submitting a
Now the Fair Holder of the
Check Seeks to Recover
Money Damages For Disap
pointment in Non-Payment
of Love's Protested Paper.
NFW YORK, March 4 Tho bank
of iOvo is tho latest victim of the pre
vailing financial panic. It has closed
its doors after a heavy run and de
clared itself Insolvent as far as kisses
are concerned. Cupid's osculatory
checks aro repudiated, for not a
single kiss is left In love's exchequer.
This amorous bankruptcy has
caused a panic in tho heart of Mrs.
Margaret Ivers, a widow of Newark,
N. J., who Is unable to collect from
Edwin G. Koenig, a former ardent
admirer, on his order for 1,000,000
kisses, for the reason that ho has
tranferred his kissing account to a
substantial matrimonial treasury.
Mrs. Ivers, however, didn't throw
away his draft, for 1,0000,000 kisses
might bo turned into gilt-edged se
HOLOCAUST'S VICTIM MAY
REACH TOTAL OF 180
Bodies to the Number of I68,burylns lts own dead- The first or
Recovered up to Noon
of Thursday.
SEVENTY-SIX OF THESE
ARE UNRECOGNIZABLE
County Coroner Making a Rigid
Investigation Public
Funeral Friday.
(By Associated Press.)
CLEVELAND, March 5. Up to
noon today 112 little bodies were
identified among the pupils of the
Lakoview school in Collinwood, who
lost their lives In tho fire which gut
ted tho building yesterday. Twenty-
four hours have passed, but the exact
number of fatalities is unknown.
How many bodies aro still In the
ruins, if any, is still undetermined.
The search of tho ruins is still pro
ceeding. So far 168 bodies havo been
recovered, and of these, 76, it is
generally admitted, cannot bo dis
tinguished one from tho other. Their
names must bo ascertained from tho
list of missing. A great public fu
neral will bo held tomorrow.
County Coroner T. A. Burke today
began a thorough investigation of
the board of education and other of
ficials. So far no definite conclusion
as to tho cause of tho fire has been
reached, or where tho blame, if any,
Is to bo placed, It Is generally ad
mitted tho building was of approved
fireproof construction, and that the
calamity could not havo been averted,
looked at from this standpoint. Also
it is now believed tho fire did not
havo its origin in tho furnace, or
from an explosion of a heating boiler.
From tho testimony so far adduced
tho fire started under a stairway
leading from the basement to the
first floor of tho building. Janitor
Fred Herler stoutly maintains that
thero was no waste or rubbish there.
Tho officials are doubling their ef
forts to ascertain the names of the
three girls reported to havo been in
tho basement at tho timo tho fire
started, nnd said by the janitor to
havo notified him of tho Are. While
the Janitor has practically cleared
himself upon his own testimony, yet
the feeling against him runs high in
Collinwood. Yesterday one father,
crazed with grief, made an attempt
upon the life of Herler, who is now
guarded by tho police. In addition
to the blamo not justified being
heaped upon him, Herler is broken
down with grief at the loss of three
of his own children in the Are. As
the day wears on it is the belief that
the number of dead may total 180.
TOTAL DEATH LIST 107.
Twenty-Three Bodies in Cleveland
Hrmnin Unidentified.
(By Associated Press.)
CLEVELAND, March 6. The body
of Miss Katherine Wheeler, ono of
the two teachers who lost their lives
in the Collinwood school Are was
positively identified by tho dentist.
Thero are still 23 bodies unldontifled.
The missing now talllo3 with tho
number of unidentified and Indicates
that all the bodies have been found,
and that the total death list la 187.
In fully one hundred oaaca th fun
eral will lie individual, (ul fasatly
um, uui. uur uouhboi, Auner Kalisch
prescribed a breach of promiso suit
...vuwuo xuuuns or pro.
ducing payment. Mrs. Ivers then dis
covered that her future prospects had
been damaged to tho extent of
$20,000, and papers naming that sum
as a heart balm wero served upon Ed
win Koenig.
Mrs. Ivers Is dainty and pretty in
a petite brunetto way, with soft, wavy
hair which breaks out In curls around
her piquant face. Her largo dark
eyes wero dimmed with tears .13 she
10m nuout ner check for 1,000,000
kisses.
"It seems so horribly mercenary to
ask money for one's love, now, does
n't It?" sho asked.
"But I must havo somo com
pensation for tho anguish this affair
has caused me.
"Four years ago I mot Mr. Koenig,
two years after I divorced my bus-'
band, and from tho beginning ho was
an ardent wooer. He was devoted to
mo and wrote many love letters, all
couched In tho most endearing terms.
My lawyer has them eighty-one in
all and these will bo produced at
the trial in April."
these funerals was held this morning
and will continue throughout the day.
In somo instances tho services are
grouped with five to ten bodies in
one church. Tho unidentified will bo
burled next Monday according to
present arrangements. Tho expenso
of these funerals and those in tho
families unable to bear tho financial
strain will bo borne by public sub
scription. Thousands of dollars be
ing subscribed and the list is growing
hourly. A bill has been introduced
into tho legislature appropriating
$25,000 for relief of the needy suf
ferers. Tho bill Is expected to be
come a law today.
BILL PASSES.
COLUMBUS, March 6. The legis
lature appropriated twenty-five thou
sand dollars for tho relief of the
Cleveland school fire sufferers.
LAST LITTLE VICTIM OF THE
COLLINWOOD FIRE PERISH KS
TODAY TOTAL FATALI
TIES. (By Associated Press.)
CLEVELAND, March 7. The last
little victim of the Collinwood school
flro to perish was Glen Barber, aged
olght, who died of injuries received
in jumping from tho second story. In
casting up tho total pupils who woro
who were at the school the day of
the flro it developed that six aro still
missing. The number of dead or
missing is 174, including two teach
ers. There wero over forty funerals
today- ..
(By Associated Press.)
CLEVELAND, March 9. Twenty
one little caskets were placed beneath
the ground in the cemetery at Collin
wood today. Of these seventeen con
tained bodies of unidentified child
ren who lost their lives in the barn
lng Lakevllle school last Wednesday.
In connection with the funeral ser
vices held at ten o'clock today eight
churches joined in memory of miss
ing ones. Following this a public
memorial service wa3 held at the
temporary morgue where the 21
caskets lay in a row.
CAPITALIST STARTS nOMEWARD
J. F. Bridges Leaves for Nevada Af
ter Making Substantial Invest
ments on Coos Bay.
John F. Bridges, tho Reno, Ne
vada, capitalist, left on tho Break
water for Portland, from which place
he goes to Seattle and thence home.
Before his departure ho took a 20-
year lease on tho Gulovsen property
at tho corner of Pino and C streets,
in addition to tho Garfield hotel,
which ho purchased.
Mr. Bridges expressed himself as
more than pleased with Coos Bay and
its prospects, and expressed hl3 in
tention of returning later in the year,
when ho will probably come to locate
and make this placo his permanent
home.
His investments hero aro sufficient
evidence of his faith in the country's
future. He is a wide-awake, success
ful business man, and his coming will
ba a welcome and substantial addi
tion to tiu cltyg commercial eireiw.-
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