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I THE COOS BAY WEEKLY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON. OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1908. Personal Notes. (From Saturday Dally.) MISS EVA REED was a city visitor yesterday. MISS AGNES EEFERS was a city visitor today. MRS. FRANK ROGERS was a city visitor yesterday. MRS. D. B. DOWER was shopping in this city today. MISS JENNIE DENTLY Is a city vis itor for a few days. FRANK PIERCE, of Ten Mile, was a city visitor Friday. MRS. M. McGANN, of tho Creamery, was a city visitor Friday. SEYMOUR ERICKSON, of Ten Mile, was a city visitor Friday. MRS. J. W. INGRAM was tho guest of Mrs. Gale of North Bend Friday. W. J. ROHRER was on the streets today after a week's wrestle with the grip. MISS EMMA ERICKSON has accept ed a position as stenographer with Hall & Hall. MRS. BRAUGHTON has accepted a position as clerk In the A. M. Prentiss & Co. store. MAYOR L. J. SIMPSON, of North Bend, was a visitor at the C. A. Smith mill Thursday. O. PETERSON Is preparing to move to J3astslde, where ho has lately built a now residence. ASSESSOR LAWRENCE is in Marsh field today taking a canvass of tho city's wealth and poverty. MRS. WILLIAM HORSFALL, who has been In Portland for somo time, returned on Friday's Break water. MISS MINNIE PETERSON, of North Inlet, Is visiting with her sister, Mrs. John Freeland, of North Bond. MRS. REUBEN CAVANAUGH, of Eastsldo, has been visiting with friends for somo time past at Myr tlo Point. CHARLIE LEE is again able to bo about after his illness sand Is busy enjoying tho sunshine and greeting his friends. P. GULOVSEN, of South Marshfleld, reiurned yesterday on the Plant from Los Angeles, where ho has been for his health. MR. GUY CHAMBERS of Daniel's Creek, spent today in Marshfleld with friends and incidentally at tended to business affairs. .MR. PHELAN left Marshfleld this morning for his homo in Myrtle Point, having spent a few days on tho bay attending to business af fairs. MISS EVA TYRREL has returned to Coos Bay after an absence of six years. Miss Tyrrel is visiting her mother Mrs. Georgo Bolster, of North Bend. CARL JOHNSON, of this city, de parted from this city yesterday on the Plant for San Francisco, where ho will remain for flvo or six weeks visiting with friends. T. D. WRIGHT, of San Francisco, arrived in this city Friday and will remain for somo time attending to business affairs and incidentally visiting with friends. MRS. J. NOWLIN and daughter re turned to Prosper today after hav ing visited for about three weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Piper, of North Bend. . 'CARL HAYES, of North Bend, Is spending tho week with his grand mother, Mrs. Brown, nt Coquille. Mrs. Brown has been seriously ill, but is now improving. MRS. E. FAY and children, who have been spending tho last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Simpson, of North Bend, left today for their homo near Prosper. HERBERT LOCKHART left yester day for San Francisco for an in definite period, during which he will attend to business affairs and also visit relatives and friends. P. S. WEAVER, who has been very seriously ill for some time past, was at tho last report Improving. The sincere wish of his numerous friends Is for his rapid recovery. F. D. BRAKE, of Grant's Pass, Is on Coos Bay investigating the re sources of this country, with the intention of Investing in real es tate if satisfaction can be derived. TUISS MAY FISHER, of Portland, left hero this morning for Bandon, where she will remain until the coming Wednesday, thence going by way of Rosoburg on her return trip north. It. S. KAUFMAN, representing M. Seller &Co of Portland, who has been making his business circuit through Coos county for tho past two weeks, leaves on the Break water for Portland. E. B. NORRIS, tho representative for Dunham, Carrigan and Hayden Co., of San Francisco, returned to Coos Bay today after having made a successful business tour of Ban don and tho river towns. E. E. MORRIS and wife and child left today on the Breakwater. MrB. Morris goes to Spokana to visit her relatives whllo Mr. Morris makes a business trip in tho Puget Sound country. They expect to re turn to Coos Bay about May 1. . MRS. A. RIDEOUT and children, for merly of Eastslde, but late of Ash land, have gono to California for their health. Tho cold was too se vere at Ashland for them, which necessitated a change of climate. GEORGE WEAVER left this city yes terday for San Francisco, after having remained In Marshfleld for a short time. Mr. Weaver was called to his home in this city on account of tho Illness of his father, P. S. Weaver, an old pioneer of Coos. J. NELSON, and daughter, AGNES, left Marshfleld yesterday for their old homo in Minneapolis, where they will Join Mrs. Nelson and re main permanently in the east. Mr. Nelson has been on Coos Bay for eight months in the employ of the C. A. Smith Lumber and Manufac turing Co. MISS ETTA LOSSERBY, of Wiscon sin, Is visiting with friends and relatives on Coos Bay for about two weeks. At the end of that time she will leave by way of Drain for Portland and the Sound cities, where she will enter a busi ness college in Seattle and take a course In stenography. (From Monday's Dally.) MISS D. BLACK was shopping in Marshfleld today. MR. ANDREW WICKMAN was a city visitor yesterday. MR. JAMES CORRAN spent Sunday ui) Coos River Ashing. MR. D WIGHT LONG, of North Bend, was a city visitor yesterday. MR. AND MRS. FRANK DENNING spent Sunday on Coos River. REV. FATHER CURLEY held Catho lic services in Bandon on Sunday. B. FOLSOM, of Coquille, was In Marshfleld on business Saturday. J. S. LYONS, of Bandon, was a busi ness visitor on Coos Bay Saturday. MISS D. ELSWORTH is the guest of friends for a few days in Marsh fleld. MR. AND MRS. WELLS, of Marsh fleld, spent Sunday on Coos River Ashing. E. C. ROBERTS, a merchant of Myr- tlo Point, was a Coos Bay visitor Saturday. MISS HOELING, of North Bend, was the guest of friends in Marshfleld yesterday. MRS. FRIEDLAND waB shopping In Marshfleld today, and also visiting with friends. MISSES LUCILLE FEENY and Ellen Walby are visiting friends on Coos River for a few days. MR. C. F. McCOLLUM moveo" in his new residence on North Bend Heights last Saturday. MR. A. B. DALY, of Marshfleld, was attending to business affairs in North Bend on Friday. MR. CLARENCE GOULD, of Coos River, has been a business visitor in Marshfleld for a few days. Wm. IRVIN and wife, of Bandon, wcro visitor1? on the Bay Satur day, on their way to Portland. JOHN KENEFICK, the Standard Oil man of Portland, was transacting business in Marshfleld Saturday. HOWARD EVANS, of Olympia, Washington, has been on the Bay looking after his interests hero. DAN LYONS Is again able to be about after a short but severe siege with incipient pneumonia. MISS WALLER has been installed as telephone operator at the private exchange in tho C. A. Smith mill. MR. WALTER EVANS, of Eureka, Cal., is on Coos Bay for a short time attending to business affairs. MISS ALPHA WICKLUND, of Em pire, has been the guest of Miss Mamie Gulovsen for the past few days. MISS MABEL GRAY, of North Bend, left on Saturday's Breakwater for Portland, to reside there with rela tives. MISS MAY MAGEE left Marshfleld this morning for her home in Em pire, after having spent a few days with friends; MISS STELLA WICKLUND returned to Beaver Hill this morning after having spent Sunday with friends in Marshfleld. REV. F. E. BURKHART, Lacey R. Summerlln and D. W. Thurston wore holding conference in the U. B. Church at North Bend on Sat urday. MISS MAMIE ANDERSON left Marshfleld today for Portland, where she has accepted a good po sition in ono of the foremost stores of that city. MR. DAN. LODDY, of San Francis co, is making a business tour of tho different towns on tho bay and lat er on will travel through tho Co quille country. MISS MAY PETERSON, of Russol Bros., North Bend, spent Sunday visiting her parents at Haines In let. She was accompanied by Miss Anna Jacobson. MR. AND MRS. WILLIAMS, of San Francisco, have arrived on Coos Bay and will remain through tho summer with their daughter, Mrs. May Olson, of Empire. R. F. MAHAFFY, a business man of St. Louis, Is a visitor on Coos Bay, investigating its resources and prospects with a view to investing and possibly locating here. MR. W. F. GREEN, of Portland, passed through this city yesterday on his way to Bandon whero ho will attend to business affairs and incidentally visit with relatives and friends. MRS. T. R. RODFELL, of Portland, Is visiting friends for a week on Coos Bay. From here sho will leave by way of Roseburg for Los Angeles and remain through tho coming summer. GEO. A. BERGSTROM, Manager of tho Pacific Lumber Company, of San Francisco, sales agent for the C. A. Smith Mill, has returned af ter an Inspection of the mill whero tho lumber comes from. MISS DAISY BARR, of Bandon, is spending a few days in Marshfleld with her friends. After leaving hero Miss Barr will go to North Bend where she will remain a short time with her sister, Miss Annie Barr. MRS. V. D. LARSON left today over land for Sisson, Cal., whero she will visit for about two months with relatives. Mrs. Larson goes especially for the improvement of her health, which has been exceed ingly poor of late. MR. BERT DAKE, of Seattle, has re turned to Marshfleld again after a six months' absence, during which ho spent at his old homo In Ohio. Mr. Dako will remain on Coos Bay and next summer will build a resi dence and bring his family. MR. EDy FIELDS, of Los Angeles, passed through Marshfleld yester day on his way to Myrtle Point, and thence to Roseburg, whero ho has various business interests which he will attend to and then return to his home in tho south. (From Tupsday Diily.) MRS. V. ANDERSON was a city vis itor today. MR. B. B. MARSTERS was a busi ness visitor here today. MR. F. M. MATSON was a buslnes visitor In this city yesterday. EUGENE DOLAN is now acting as assistant at Norton & Hansen's. MR. L. A. MILLS has moved into his new residence in South Marsh fleld. MISSES BELLONI and Gamble, of North Bend.Hvere city visitors, yes terday. J. FREELAND, of North Bend, tran sacted business in Empire Satur day. MRS. FLO. JOHNSON has accepted a position as assistant with Dr. W. A. Toye. FRANK ANDREWS was in thi3 city today attending to some bislness affairs. MISS L. PETERSON was shopping In Marshfleld today and also visiting friends. WILLIAM KREITZER thd little son of Dorscy Kreltzer, is reported on tho sick list. v MRS. A. P. OWENS, who ha3 been ill for somo time Is reported in a critical condition. MISS EMMA ADEL is visiting in Marshfleld for a few days as tho guest of friends. MRS. RONQUIST spent yesterday and today In North Bend as tho guest of friends. MR. I. S. SMITH has purchased n farm on Catching Inlet, formerly owned by W. A. Collver. REV. D. W. THURSTON left Monday for Coquillo to resume tho evan gelistic meetings at that place. AUGUST FARLEY returned to Coos River this afternoon after having been in Marshfleld for tho past few days. MRS. E, M. LOCKHART has been taken to the General Hospital whero elio will receive medical treatment. FRANK LAYTON made a flying busi ness trip up Coos River yesterday in order to attend to somo ex cellent stock. MRS. HINSDALE and sister, of Gard iner, are In Marshfleld visiting with friends and incidentally attending to business affairs. MRS. JULIA LAWLOR, or more familiarly known as "Grandma Kronholm," is seriously ill at her homo In Ferndale. MRS. R. R. ROLLEY and daughter Grace aro city visitors for somo time as Mrs. Rolloy is hero seek ing medical treatment. MISS EVA WILSON has returned to Marshfleld and resumed her sow ing again, after having been absent for a week on account of sickness. MISSES GENEVIEVE and Mao Ben nett, of Marshfleld, were guests of the North Bend basket ball team Monday viewing somo practice games. MRS. ROBERT McCANN, of North Bend, left today for Coquille, whero sho wjll spend a few days visiting Mrs. W. T. Kerr and Mm. T. Lane. ' j MRS. Wm. PIPER passed through Marshfleld yesterday on her way to her home on Coos River, after having remained several days In North Bend with relatives. MISS SADIE KRUSE, of Marshfleld, and Mr. Ben Vandecar, of Myrtle Point, were married Thursday, March 5th, In Myrtle Point, at tho homo of tho groom's sister. MR. L. B. LYMAN Is making his first business tour through Coos coun ty this year. For tho next few days he will make a circuit of tho Bay cities and then leave for tho Coquillo country and river towns. MISS EFFIE COLLINS, of San Fran: Cisco, left Marshfleld today for her home In the south. Miss Collins has been at Bandon for about a month, and beforo returning to Calfornla, visited with friends on tho Bay. MR. and MRS. F. C. BURCH havo re turned from a few days' visit with relatives and friends in the vicin ity of Allegany. Franklin indulged In somo line salmon fishing, and if you do not believe somo of his flsh stories he has the rod and line to provo it. MR. W. W. AYER, of San Francisco, left Marshfleld this morning for Bandon, where he will remain for some few days before returning to his homo In the south. Mr. Ayer intends returning hero during the summer months to spend a vaca tion in the Ten Mile region. MR. DAVE WILLIAMS, of Portland, is on Coos Bay attending to busi ness Interests connected with tho Arm he represents. Mr. Williams leaves MarshAeld on Thursday morning for Bandon thence on down tho coast through Curry county to Eureka, Cal., whero he will remain for two months. ( From Wednesday's Dally.) MIS.S D. HOYT is a city visitor today. MRS. MAY McGANN was a city vis itor today. MR. and MRS. LESS SMITH wore city visitors today. MISS MARY YOAKUM was shopping in Marshfleld today. MRS. WM. LUSE, of Coos River, was a city visitor today. TOM YATES is In Marshfleld for a week as the guest of friends. CHARLES THOMAS, of North Bend, was r. city visitor yesterday. MRS. TOM HARVEY, who has been seriously ill, is now improving. GUS PEDERSON, of Empire, was a business visitor in Marshfleld to day. ELDON CAVANAUGH, of North Bend, is a victim of an attack of the mumps. MRS. GEORGE SNYDER has been seriously ill, but at last reports was improving. MRS. LAWRENCE ANSELMO, of Beaver Hill, Is visiting friends for a few days In Marshfleld. MRS. LOU HAZARD, of Coquillo, is spending a few days in Marshfleld as tho guest of Mrs. Fannie Haz ard. MRS ALFRED SHROEDER and sons, of Johnson's mill, are visiting with relatives In Marshfleld for a few days. MISS ANNIE JOHNSON left this morning for Portland, whero sho will remain for tho summer with t relatives. MRS. K. MORIARITY, of Marshfleld, has gono to hor ranch near Coal edo, whero sho expects to remain for a few weeks. R. C. CORDES and WARNER OGREN left Marshfleld for Coos River, whore they remained thru tho day fly fishing. MRS. D. F. DOANE Is visiting with relatives In North Bend for a fow days, beforo her departure for her home near Coquille. MRS. ROOD, who has been visiting hor daughter in North Bend for a fow days, returned to her homo on Coos River Tuesday. REX DAVIS, the representative of J. A. Folger & Co., of San Francisco, left Coos Bay this morning for tho valley by way of Drain. GUY LATTIN Is building a new resi dence on Sheridan avenue,' near Queen, which will, when finished, bo used as a boarding house. MR. McKELLEPS, of North Bend, passed through Marshfleld today on his way to Coquillo, whero ho will attend to business affairs. MRS. S. A. Yoakum returned yester day from a two weeks' trip thru Curry county on business connect ed with tho dairy Inspectorship. R. D. KIMBALL loft Marshfleld this morning on a business trip thru tho Coquillo country and river towns. Mr. Kimball will return to Coos Bay during next wook, JOHN KRONHOLM, of tho Magnes & Matson store, Is taking an en forced vacation because of tho serious illness of his grandmother, Mrs. Kronholm, at Ferndale, JACK SWANTON, who has been em ployed n tho Pioneer hardware store, has taken, a position as log, scaler for Henry Hoeck, who is k logging for tho Simpson Lumber company. MISS MYRER was a city visitor yes terday. W. HUMBERT, of Eastslde, was a business visitor In Marshfleld yes terday. MISS ETHEL WELLS Is visiting for a few days with friends in North Bend. FRANK PREY has purchased Nor man Savage's interest in the steamer Rota. It is his intention to place tho vessel on tho ways at South Coos River and thoroughly overhaul her before placing her on tho routo again. M. T. SHERRETT, of Gardiner, Is a city visitor for a few days. Mr. Sherrett Is tho foreman of a log ging camp In that vicinity, and while on Coos Bay he intends in vestigating tho camps In tho sur rounding country. DR. J. T. McCORMAC and daughter, MISS ALICE, will leave tho last of tho weok on a three weeks' vaca tion trip along the northwest const, with Vancouver as an objective point, nnd Portland, Tacoma, Se attle and Belllngham embraced in the Itinerary. FRANK CARTER, of Bandon, is vis iting for a short tlmo with friends, and also incidentally attending to business affairs. Mr. Carter in tends leaving by way of tho Alli ance for Portland, whero ho will remain through tho coming sum mer, and receivo medical treat ment. MRS. B. DONER and children, of Milwaukee, Wis., arrlvcjl on Coos Bay yesterday. Mr. Doner came to Marshfleld during tho month of last November, and slnco then has been making arrangements for tho nrrlval of his family. They will live in South Marshfleld for tho present. BEN BROWN, of San Frangisco, Is making a business tour of Coos county for tho flrst tlmo in four years. Mr. Brown formerly came to Coos Bay three times a year, but in 1904 was changed by tho Arm ho represents, to tho Inland work. Ho will be in Marshfleld today, to morrow in North Bend, and then leave for Bandon and Coquille. MARSHFIELD GIRL WEDS. A pretty wedding took placo at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Guerln at 11 o'clock Thursday, when B. T. VanDecar, of Salem, brother of Mrs. Guerln, and Miss Sarah M. Kruse of Marshfleld were united in marriago by Rev. Thomas Barklow, only tho relatives of tho contracting parties being present. After the ceremony and congratu lations, a fine dinner was served in tho afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Van Decar left for Prosper, whero they will make a brief visit at the home of tho bride's brother, Archie Kruse. From there they will go to Marsh field for another short visit, and will leave on tho next Breakwater for Portland and from there to Salem, whero tho groom has a Ano homo prepared for his bride. Mr. VanDe car has a position there with tho well known Arm of John G. Barr & Co., having charge of the watch and dln mond department as salesman and watchmaker. Tho groom Is well known in this city, where he has a host of friends. He has mado this his homo for 11 oi 12 yeais, with tho exception of the past year or two, when ho has been on tho road for a jowolry house. Tho brldo Is a natlvo of Coos county, having been born at Marsh Aeld, whero her father was a pioneer ship builder. Sho has many friends among tho peoplo of tho county who will unite In tho best wishes for hor future. Enterprise. BANDON BREVITIES. Items of Interest in tho City Tiy the Sen From tho Recorder. S. J. Prince left recently for Santa Cruz, California, whero ho will spend tho remainder of tho winter. N. E. Barklow and wlfo loft yes terday for Myrtlo Point, whero they havo purchased a ranch. William Irvlno and family loft to day via tho Bay en routo to their fu ture homo at Gray's Harbor, Wash ington. In tho Justice court at RIverton yesterday R. C. Lyons was awarded $59 and costs, tho same being tho amount of a tender mado by defend ant, Ben Cope, in tho caso of Lyons vs. Copo. Mr. Lyons was suing for 1121.14. Captain O. WIron, of tho Coquillo river light station, has kindly fur nished tho Recorder with tho follow ing official rain report: Total pre cipitation for tho month of February, 190C, 4.78 Inches; for February 1907, Inches in favor of February a year ago. A Portland woman secured a dl vorco becauso hor husband flirted. Queer how particular somo womon aro lsu't it? Now on Coos Bay There aro supposed to bo fifty dif ferent kinds of headache. Somo Coob Bay men who havo had ono tho "day after" can testify that It Beoms llko THE ENGLISH S Name Is a Misnomer and l Only Used for Want of . Better Term. ' Engllst Lutheran Services, a Mls Misnomer. Weekly a notice appears In thla paper that English Lutheran ser vices are held in tho Red Men's hall. This is a misnomer for want of a better term. Tho Lutheran church has no English history did not or iginate in that country, has no ten dencies In that direction, Is not loyal to the British crown, and in thought, temperament and affiliation is as far removed from England as tho Bunk er Hill monument Is distant from the House of Parliament. What wo wish to make evident is that this is an American Lutheran church, not only in language, but that tho wholo spirit and body has entirely separ ated itself from all foreign influences and Is heart and soul with the Red, White and Blue. Why, then, not call It an American Lutheran church? If we so termed ourselves, a slur would be cast upon tho many Luther ans who, although worshipping in foreign tongues, have decided Ameri can backbones. I think that tho war of 'G2 has abundantly proven that many Americans havo valiantly fought or died for this country who never had a command of tho English language. Somo of their children's children still live in Pennsylvania and still speak a very broken En glish. Quite recently an attempt was mado to bridge this difficulty of name. A Norwegian pastor an nounced that ho would preach In tho American language. Strictly defined, this must have meant In tho Indian language. Less strictly interpreted, it could mean any langungo spoken in America, for English is no less a foreign and imported medium of speech than are tho Scandinavian and German languages. Again, wo might call ourselves an English speaking and preaching Lutheran church. But our strongest objections are based Just against this term. There aro strong Lutheran churches in Great Britain which aro anything except American. My last charge In Nova Scotia mado this very plain. On pleasant Sundays it was not unusual to havo a thousand English Luther ans attend services, and yet they al most all hate tho Yankees as If tho war of 1812 were being still enacted. It seems, therefore, for want of a better term, that tho phrase, "En glish Lutheran Services" must stand, as it means and invites all who havo been thoroughly amalgamated into this nation (not In language only) bo they Americans, Finns, Swedes, Nor wegians, Danes or Germans. WM. F. HOLL, Pastor. HE A BOOSTER. Do you know there's lots of peoplo, Sottln round In overy town, Growlin' llko a broody chicken, Knockln' every good thing down? Don't you bo that kind of cattle, Causo they ain't no uso on earth; You just bo a booster roostor, Crow and boost for all you'ro worth. If your town needs boostln'.boost 'or. Don't hold back and wnlt to- seo If somo other feller's wlllin' Sail right in, tho country's free; No ono's got a mortgago on It, It's just yours as much as his, If your town Is shy on boosters, You get In tho boostin' biz. If things don't just seem to suit you. An' tho world seems kinder wrong. What's tho matter with a boostin Just to help tho thing along? 'Causo if .things should stop a goln', Wo'd bo 'In a sorry plight, You just keep that horn a blowln', Boost 'er up with all your might. If you see somo foller tryin' For to mnko somo project go, You can boost it up a trifle, That's your cue to lot him know That you'ro not a goln' to knock it. Just becauso it ain't your "shout," But you'ro goln' to boost a little, 'CauBe ho's got tho best thing out. If you know somo feller's Tallin's, Just forget 'em, 'causo you know That samo follor's got somo good points, Them's tho ones you want to show; "Cast your loaves out on tho waters, They'll como back 's a sayln true, Mobbo they will como back buttered. When somo feller boosts for you. Homer Clark Bennett, "A great many little peaches," salcl tho Bachelor, "aro too green to box wholesome." . I fe ': I I III U !. !' is Pll m m fii K'lifl m ii m n?.j