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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1908.
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Merchant Bros. Will Positively Move This Coming Week
TOMORROW, FRJDAY and SATURDAY, Uie last days at our old home. We urge all of our patrons to
come Lhese two days as we will not attempt to do business during the trial of moving.
For Friday and Saturday we have marked down some unusual bargains to wind up a most
successful sale. Time and space will not permit us to go into detail as to the many good offerings
we have in store for you hut come and you will be entirely pleased.
Look For Our Opening Announcement We are going to extend an invitation to everybody
to come and enjoy an evening, listen to the music and see the best and most convenient shopping
place this side of Portland,
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MERCHANT BROS.
"The Business
Getters"
EDITORIALS Of
THE PEOPLE
(The Times Is pleased to print
communications upon topics of gen
eral Interest at any time. There Is
scarcely any limit to the topics of
"general Interest." It Is asked only
that correspondents refrain from per
sonalities and use care that nothing
lie written of, a libelous nature.
Ed.)
Why Not I'nvo Now?
Editor Times: What's the matter
-with the Front street Improvement?
It appears that the adjacent property
owners along the street, who are to
pay for the Improvement, are ready,
and anxIouB for the work to begin.
The tenants who occupy the business
blocks along this street are ready,
and anxious for the improvement.
This Is the most extensive business
thoroughfare In the city, and every
body wants this work to begin. Why
not?. You must wake up gentlemen,
and do business. The spirit of pro
gress and Improvement has at last
taken hold of our people, and you,
the city council of all others, must
not stand In the way. Kather you
must do your whole duty, in a
prompt and businesslike way, or give
place to a set of men who will. The
people demund these things, and you
must do them. Other towns of Ore
gon are moving right along with the
work of Improvement. Dlock after
block, havo been paved, during the
recent spell of good weather, In a
number of places. Yet we have not
even reached the point of settling
the essential preliminaries In our
work. What Is the matter with the
advertising, and letting of the Front
street contract from 'A' to 'C streets?
Why not get in now and get all these
preliminaries settled, and brushed
out of tho way, so wo can proceed at
once with tho work, the weather
permitting? Come gentlemen you
can't afford to thwart, or delay, by
Inactivity, or neglect these measures,
that public sentiment, and public
necessity now so urgently demand.
Wo havo delayed loug, it Is true, too
long, but that Is past; let us remedy
It now, In so far as wo may, by show
ing ourselves, and tho world, that wo
mean to do business from this on.
These suggestions let It bo under
stood, are meant not only for the
Improvement on Front street, but for
all tho streets of tho city, whero the
"peoplo nro offering to pay, und de
manding that tho work bo expedi
tiously done.
An Abutter
COQOLLE CULLIXGS.
Xphs of Interest of Coos County Seat
as Told in Sentinel.
One of the most beautiful wed
dings of the season was that at the
home of Mrs. L. Woodruff in Bandon,
Monday evening when her son J. D.
Woodruff and Miss Esther May Ames
were united in the holy bonds of
wedlock by Rev. Geo. Roach officiat
ing clergyman.
M
SHFIELD EPISCOPALIAN
Tho past few days have seen a
number of changes In the mercantile
establishments of the city; some have
gone out of business while a half
Interest has been sold in another
establishment. The Mill & Mercan
tile Co., wishing to devote their ener
gies to the new mill which they in
tend to build this summer, sold their
stock of merchandise to Land &
Lyons who are going to move it to
their fctore on Second street.
Tuesday W. T. Kerr sold a half
Interest of his mercantile business to
G. A. Hanbon of this city. Mr. Han
son has been engaged In the feed
business in Marbhfleld for the past
year, but hankering after Coquille's
salubrious climate made him dispose
of his interest In that city and cast
his lot with the merchants of Co-qullle.
The stock of groceries which C.
II. Banning is disposing of Is going
fabt and he expects that by the first
of the week he will be free of busi
ness cares.
W. V. Cope has sold his Interest
in the People's meat market to
Messrs. J. HIckam and J. S. Plum
met. Mr. Plummer is a native of
Missouri and came to this county
with his brother-in-law, William
Cleghorn.
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IMPROVEMENTS
CIIAIRMAX J. W. BEXXETT
VESTRY MAKES DETAILED i
STATEMEXT OF MKETIXG YES
TURDAY COXCERXIXG XEW
CHURCH AXD I'LAXS.
A meeting of the members of the
Episcopal Guild and Sisters of Beth
any was held yesterday afternoon,
May 27, in pursuance of a letter writ
ten by the chairman of the vestry
on the 12th Inst., saying, "The Epis
copal vestry would respectfully call
your attention to the fact that there
Is debt due of Six Hundred Dollars
and interest from November 21,
1907, to Mrs. Louisa Hirst on the
OF favor of this being retained for a
rectory in the future. Both, the
Guild and the Sisters of Bethany
were requested to take steps to raise
some funds for the purpose of their
paying the debt on the present site
or constructing a new church, and
the members of the vestry who have
subscribed toward the fund for the
new church have expressed them
selves since then that they will
double their subscription which
amounts to four hundred dollars, If
any one person can be found who will
contribute five hundred dollars and
an additional offer has been made
since that if the Sisters of Bethany
and the Guild will raise a similar
sum that is five hundred dollars, the
new site which the church recently two members of the vestry will dou
lmrchased to erect a church on. This bio their subscrlntlon also.
six hundred dollars Is drawing inter- The organizations being in joint ses
sion couiu noi very wen aci on me
Screen Doors
Window Screens
Rubber Garden Hose
Cotton Garden Hose
Lawn Sprinklers
Milner's Hardware
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est which is to be paid regularly and
we would respectfully ask that you
make some effort to reduce this debt.
We would also respectfully submit
that four hundred dollars has been
subscribed by two persons for the
erection of a new church and one
of the subscribers who has contribut
ed two hundred and fifty dollars
agrees to Increase it to five hundred
dollars If anybody can be found who
will contribute a similar sum. By
united efforts the debt could be paid
off and the new church constructed.
The plans and specifications for the
new church have already been ap
proved by the bishop and we will feel
matter separately, therefore It is
presumed that the matter will be
considered by them in the Interest of
the Episcopal church at their next
meeting.
The chairman of the vestry stated
to the reporter that he had prepared
a statement as suggested above which
he was about to forward, and which
omitting the formal parts is as fol
lows: At the meeting yesterday, May 27,
190S, I was asked by one of the
members of the Guild if I had a
statement showing the condition of
the affairs, and as I had already sent
A very pretty wedding took place
at tho residence of Mr. and Mrs. Al
lan McLrnd near this city last Sat
urday when their daughter, Miss Isa
bello McLeod was united in marriage
with Henry P. Belloni of this city.
Miss Hello McLeod, a cousin of tho
bride, acted as bridesmaid and John
HellonI, a brother of tho groom,
berved as best man. The wedding
was solemnized by Kov. John Thomas
of this city.
exceedingly obliged if you will put an itemized statement to the Guild
forth some effort to help us in thlsjand I think to the Sisters of Bethany
undertaking." nlso, altho I am not sure about
which amounted to $306.78, left a
balance of cash in the hands of tho
vestry of $11.32, the first time it has
been out of debt in many years, and
for the money it borrowed, no Inter
est has ever been charged.
By this condition of affairs it paid
one hundred dollars on the principal
of the seven hundred dollars debt
and left $11.32 on hand. If deemed
advisable, the vestry Is able to bor
row this one hundred dollars from
the same source where other sums
have been borrowed to pay another
one hundred on the principal of the
seven hundred dollar debt. If the
Guild so understood that they were
working for that purpose, and elim
inate the question as to whether or
not moneys obtained through the
Guild's efforts, without special au-
COQUILLE WEDDIXG.
Mr. Louis E. McCutcheon and Mfss
Josle M. Nichols, both of Coqullle,
were united in marriage in the par
lors of the Myrtle Point hotel Tues
day afternoon at 1:30 by Rev. H. M.
Granham, in the presence of a few
relatives and friends of the contract
ing parties. Mr. and Mrs. McCut
cheon will make their homo at Co
qullle, where the groom Is employ
ed In the lumbering business.
The meeting was well attended that, I had not one convenient, but.thority, can be handed over to tho
Mrs. I). W. Bourne, daughter,
and mother, Mis. Kelly, will leave
on tho Breakwater for their future
homo In Spokane, Washington, where
she has accepted a position with an
orchestra in that city.
Born -To Mr. and Mrs. Will A'-
leu of Bandon, May IS, 1908, a son.
CLAIMS IKE -11S
ARE OF WILDEST SORT
As stated In this paper estordi..
tho Prohibition workers niako tho
wildest statements to bolster up theli
campaign and Inlluoneo tho diffident
elector. For two days they have
stated in this papor that MnrHhllold
will give a Piohlbitlon majority of
200 votes and Coos county will give
500 majority. This, they say. Is a
conclusion reached after u careful
canvass of tho rogibtratlon.
As a innttur of fact, a porsonnl
canvass of tho Marshlleld voters (not
registration), shows conclusively that
tho claim advanced by the Prohibi
tionists is from 400 to 150 votes
wldo of the actual situation In Marsh
fiold and much greater with regard
to tho county as a whole.
If there Is any man working in the
Interests of tho Prohibition eaubo
who belloves olthcr of tho Prohlbl-
tlonlbth' claims are truo and would
wager that Marshfluld will glvo n 200
dry majority and tho county 500 dry
majority, ho may find whore ho can
be accommodated to any amount by
making inquiry at tho Times oillco.
and the condition of the affairs of
tho church discussed, and tho best
method of proceeding talked of, also
'regarding other matters pertaining
!to the condition of the church. The
ichalrman of the vestry was asked
I If he had with him a statement of
the affairs of the church and replying
I he said that he had sent a detailed
statement to tho Episcopal Guild re
cently and at regular Intervals for
I many years but that he would obtain
iany information which they desired
and forward It to them.
I One Item of a payment of one hun
dred and seventy-five dollars was
In ought up by one of the ladies, bay
ing sho understood that this sum
and twonty-fivo dollars more, which
was to bo added to It was to bo
paid on tho debt due on the new site
for the church, after the one hundred
dollars principal and forty-nine dol
lars Interest had been applied.
Tho chairman said ho would let
them know tho condition of affairs
sometime this week, and it was dls-
cubsed that an effort bo mado in an
endeavor to get the bishop to dibposo
of tho old church and rectory on tho
hill and erect a new church on the
slto recently purchased, Tho chair
man of tho vestry said that there had
already been subscribed two hun
dred and fifty dollars by a member
jof tho vestry and another one hun
dred and fifty by another mombor of
tho vestry, which mado four hundred
dollais, and Mrs. Sengstackon
promptly nsked that her nnmo bo
added to the list to the oxteut of
ono hundred dollars, that is for the
erection of tho now church, without
the necessity of disposing of tho
property on tho hill, but thoso in
chargo of thoso mattors, being tho
the vestry now submits that on July
1, 1907, the vestry was In debt In
the sum of $134.03 on account of
moneys borrowed to pay for repairs
to tho chinch and material therefor,
coal, lights, etc., and for thirty-one
dollars borrowed to pay the Mission
ary Apportionment for this district,
a detailed statement of which has
been forwarded heretofore.
Upon that date and with the finan
cial condition showing the vestry in
debt on account of money borrowed,
one or two ladies of the Episcopal
Guild brought a check to the chair
man of the vestry and requested that
twenty-flvo dollars be added to this
amount, from tho rents which had
already been collected to apply on
the indebtedness. When the check
was delivered to the chairman of tho
vestry, ho was not familiar with the
condition and as a matter of fact at
the present time he has no recollec
tion of tho request being mado at
that time, but having tho utmost con
fidence la what tho ladles say about
it thinks they nro correct and that
It hns slipped his memory, however,
believing that It was tho duty of tho
Guild to pay tho items referred to,
amounting to $154.03 ns they had
always done before, without objec
tion, the amount was retained on
hand until about the time tho Inter
est on the indebtedness to tho Ben
nett Trust Company, the principal of
which was seven hundred dollars,
hecamo due, and then the rents from
tho new building site had accumulat
ed so that there was an additional
credit of $143,10 which was on Jan
uary S, 190S, paid to tho vestry from
tho bank; this making a total credit
nt that time in the hands of the
vestry of $318.10 and by paying all
Bishop and Advisory Board aro In of its Indebtedness at that time
vestry with directions where any
special sum shall be applied, when
the vestry thinks It Is needed worse
somewhere else.
I mentioned jesterday at the meet
ing that It was my understanding
that the vestry would bo entirely
guided by the directions of the rector
of the parish and the bishop, In
case It became necessary to consult
the latter, as to the disbursement of
all funds coming Into their hands
and that the vestry simply acted upon
Instructions from the rector and
bishop.
If every ono of the organization
have a right to tako the funds of Its
combined efforts and say what parti
cular bill shall be paid and what par
ticular bill shall not be paid, then
what Is the use of sending the money
to tho vestry at all? The vestry Is
presumed to be composed of persons
actively engaged In business and who
have some time to devote to finan
cing these matters which the mem
bers of the societies haven't the time
to glvo or tho disposition to look
into.
As I said before I did not have
these figures with me at tho time of
the meeting yesterday, supposing
that the itemized statements sent
from time to timo for a period of
many years had been fully investigat
ed. I respectfully hand them to you
now."
Since dictating tho aboo I find
that when tho rent due on the new
site Is collected for May and June,
there will bo nearly enough to pay
tho $100 without having to borrow
If some ono will tako care of the in
terest. Respectfully submitted,
J. W. BENNETT,
Chairman of Vestry.
POLITICAL ADVERTISIXG.
POLITICAL AXXOUXCEMENTS.
To the Voters of Coos and Curry
Counties:
As a candidate for Joint senator, r
havo been asked to make a public
statement. Of myself personally, I shall say
nothing as I have lived in Coos coun
ty for the past fourteen years, and1
during that timo have actively en
gaged In many occupations and enter
terprises, including coal mining, log
ging, road building and general con
tracting, so that I have come In con
tact with most of the active elements
in the county development, and my
character, dealings and reputation-
are well known to many and! easily
ascertained by all. As to my general,
qualifications for the office, I leave
the public to Judgo, but that there
may be no misunderstanding of my
position, I make this public announ
cement that I have signed Statement
No. 1, and if electod shall vote for
the people's choice for United? States,
senator.
My experience and acquaintance
with local conditions should enable
me to properly represent the district,,
and I therefore feel justified in ask
ing your support.
HUGH McLAIN.
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