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inerce, are the two men who have un
dertaken to organize the antl-Harrl-man
campaign, and to crystallize ef
fort In the manner outlined above.
They are persuaded that universal
support will come from those terri
tories, some of them larger In extent
than the states of Rhode Island, Del
aware, Massachusetts or Connecticut,
in which there Isn't a foot of rall
Toad, although every Inch of these
districts have from time to time beer
plastered with Harrlman promises.
According to the plans as outlined
l)y these men, they expect to lay be
fore the conyentlon figures and re
ports showing just what strategic
points Harrlman now holds, In which
no development has taken place;
when such rights were secured, with
reports as to what other roads have
promised to do, what the resources of
the districts Involved are, together
with their possibilities.
"We believe this Is the most satis
factory manner of arriving at re
sults," said Mr. Lyon today. "We
have been working on this proposi
tion for some time, and have met
TVlth nothing but the greatest encour
agement since we conceived the idea.
Oregon has been too long-suffering
and patient in this matter, and It Is
time the monopoly of the one great
system that has been a burden on our
necks for years be broken."
The exact time of holding this con
vention will be decided within the
course of a week or two, and a cam
paign of widespread publicity will be
Instituted on behalf of the movement
so that universal representation may
bo secured when the delegates meet.
FORTY ENTERTAINED
UP COOS RIVER.
The Homo of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Noah
the Scene of a Pleasant Social
Gathering.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Noah of Coos
River, entertained a number of their
friends on last Saturday evening,
June 13th. About forty guests were
prosent. Tho rooms wore beautiful
ly decorated with roses and forns,
and a most delightful evening was
enjoyed by all. After somo hours
passed In music, games and conversa
tion all were invited by the hostess to
tho dining-room, where a table laden
with delicious refreshments awaited
them. At about 1 o'clock tho happy
party dispersed carrying with them
tho mpmory of an evening very pleas
antly spent.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Ed. Noah, Mr. and Mrs. Blufer Da
vis, Mr. Mark Davis, Mrs. Hausd
childt, Nora Richardson, Ren Noah,
Kate Schillings, Roy Landreth, Hel
len Landreth, Harvey, Russell,
Blanch Landreth, NInlon Webester,
Bessie Rooke, Leo Ray, Florence
Rooke, Mason Noah, Nellie Rooko,
Luther Judy, Mabel Noah, Herman
Edwards, Emma Jacobson, Lawrence
Russell, Florence Edwards, Jesso Ott,
Edna Ray, Robbie Rooko, William
Sherman, Harry Russell, Mabel Sher
man, Jim Mcintosh, Jim Landreth,
Philip Landreth, Harry Blake, Claude
Havlland, Clifton Sherman, Eva
Sherman, Byral Noah, Ivy Noah,
Noel Noah, Perdlo Hausdchlldt,
Henry Hausdchlldt, Gcorgo Rooke,
Leonard Russell.
Tho Juanita ran up from town, and
three other launches from up tho
river, after bidding the host and
hostess good night and thanking
them for tho pleasant evening the
guests departed, the launches salut
ing made a merry sound.
PROTEST ON
ROAD FILED
Coos Bay Property Owners Ob
ject to Completing Plank
Road to North Bend.
Judge John F. Hall has been no
tified that a number of Marahfleld
property owners have filed a petition
to tho Coos County commissioners ob
jecting to tho construction of tho re
mainder of tho plank roadway be
tween Marshfleld and North Bend.
The petition contains upwards of
fifty names and will be considered
when tho North Bend-Marshfleld
road project comes up at tho July
meeting of tho commissioners. It is
now on file in the county clerk's of
fice. Just Who the signers are or
tho full nature of their objection,
(Fudge Hall is not aware.
Seymour H. Bell is quite anxious
tqLsecure a franchise from the coun
ty to build his electric line over the
proposed bridge road. He brought
tho matter before the commissioners
at their last meeting in Coquille, but
they Informed him that they could
not consider tho granting of such a
privilege until it had been definitely
determined that the highway would
be built and this would not be be
fore tho July meeting. Sometime
ago, Mr. Bell Intimated that ho would
pay $1,000 for this privilege. It Is
intimated that ono ground for the
filing of the protest against the con
struction of the bridge road at pre
sent was because of the likelihood
of Mr. Bell securing it for a right of
way for his proposed electric line.
At tho last session, tho county
commissioners gavo Mr. Bell a fran
chise for laying gas pipes In the
county roads, providing however that
the gas mains must be removed or
altered upon thirty days notice from
tho county.
PRECINCTS DECLARED
DRY FOR TWO YEARS.
Judge Jdhn F. Hnll Issues Formal
Order Declaring Election Result
Hi Coos County.
Judge John F. Hall of the Coos
county court, has issued an order
formally declaring the result of the
election on June 1, in Coos county,
tho order being in compliance with
the returns as certified to him by
County Clerk Watson. Tho returns
as certified to by Mr. Watson are the
same as those printed last week In
The Times.
The principal matter of Interest In
tho formal order Is tho declaring by
tho court of the precincts which
voted dry to be dry for a period of
two years. The precincts declared
dry are Sumner, Rowland, Rlverton,
Parkersburg, Norway, Myrtle Point,
Missouri, Lee, Lake Four Mile, En
chanted, Dora, Deer Park, East Co
quille, Coos River, North Coos River,
Burton and Coos City.
This leaves the following precincts
"wet" until they are voted "dry";
South Marshfleld, North Marshfleld,
North Bend, Ten Mile, South Slough,
Prosper, Newport, Empire, West Co
quille, Coaledo and Bandon.
MV NEW SAILOR hats and veil
ings have just arrived. Prices $1 to
$1.50. Mrs. L. M. Perry, North
Bend.
Everybody Is coming Wednesday
nnd Thursday to hear THE MES
SIAH. Reserved seats at Lockhart-
l'ursons Phnnnncy.
FIREWORKS AND FLAGS at tho
Coos Bay Cash Store.
DO YOU KNOW ALL OUR
POCKET KNIVES,
RAZORS, SCISSORS,
ARE FULLY WARRANTED
In Fact All
STILETTO
GOODS ARE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY
and WILL GIVE YOU THE BEST OF SERVICE
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MINER'S HARDWARE
50 Voices - The MESSIAH - 50 Voices
FIRST
ORATORIO
PIANO CONCERTO
LOCAL COMPOSITION
EVER GIVEN ON COOS BAY
Elegant SOUVENIR PROGRAMS With
Music to COOS BAY MARCH and SONG
MARSHFIELD
AT I. O. O. F. HALL
WEDNESDAY AND THURS
DAY, JUNE 17, 18, 1008.
BENEFIT LIBRARY
iRESEUVED SEATS AT
LOCKIIART-l'ARSONS.
NORTH BEND
AT ECKHOFF HALL
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1008
BENEFIT HIGH SCHOOL.
SEATS AT NORTH BEND
DRUG STORE.
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Eugene 0'Connell Last of First
Business Men Here to
Retire.
The sale of the Pioneer Hardware
Company and business to Frank
Hague, as announced In The Times
yesterday, Is of decided Interest,
aside from Its commercial Importance
because It marks the complete retire
ment of the oldest active business
man of southwestern Oregon, Eugene
O'Connell. For thirty-three years
Mr. O'Connell had been head of the
store which has just changed hands
and for thirty-nine years he has been
actively engaged In business on Coos
Bay many years longer than any
other man now In business on Coos
Bay. In addition to the long years
of service in business on Coos Bay.
Mr. O'Connell has the distinction of
having opened tho first hardware
business In southwestern Oregon,
west of Roseburg, and also the honor
of having started the first sto.res In
Marshfleld, Empire City and dn Co
quille. Aside from his direct business
Interests, Mr. O'Connell has been
Identified with the growth of Coos
Bay probably closer than any other
citizen and the many friends he has
made during his long years of acti
vity will unite In declaring that he
has earned the rest that he now pro
poses to take and in tho gratification
felt that Mr. O'Connell will always
remain a "Coos Baylte.'.' ,
Cnmo Hero In 1800.
Mr. O'Connell came to Coos Bay
In 18G9 from California whore ho
had spent a few years. He Imme
diately launched Into the meat mar
ket business and was engaged In this
up to 1875, when ho decided to em
bark in the hardware business, the
growth of the section, then embrac
ing oven a wider trade area than
now, warranting a fuller lino than
could be carried by the general stores
then in existence. He bought tho lot
on Front street where the Pioneer
Hardware Store now stands, and
erected the present building and be
gan business. Front street then was
really canal street for most of It was
covered by water all tho time, the
hills west of It had not been levelled
and tho dirt from them and from the
dredging of tho channel not used In
reclaiming lots from the Bay. Where
tho Flanagan & Bennett bank's hand-
somo building now stands was an
chored a float to which people rowed
and tied their boats and climbed the
narrow walks leading to tho few
stores built down on tho water front
and to tho Ploneor Hardware store.
Worked Early nnd Late.
The Marshfleld business succeeded
but Its success did not como without
effort ns Mr. O'Connell's recollection
of getting down early In tho morn
ing, opening the storo and keeping it
open until 9 o'clock or later In tho
ovenlng and then spending two or
three hours on his books will attest.
All business had to extend largo
amounts of credit then and the book
keeping was no small job.
In 1S7S, Empire began to boom
and Mr. O'Connell decided to start a
branch thoro and tho O'Connell,
Whitney nnd Company storo was
opened, tho first hardware storo
thoro. Two years later, the Coqulllo
valley country began to develop and
Mr. O'Connell decided that It should
havo a hardware storo and tho O'Con
nell nnd McCuno hardwaro storo was
opened there tho first in tho Co
qulllo country.
With tho successive years, niost of
tho people of Coos Bay nro fnmillar
either personally or through tho
stores totd..tho;ui by thoso.ho are,
In 190-1, Mr. O'Connell's health be-
M
HOECK'S MILL
Large Logging Engine and
Rails Brought From Portland
On the Alliance.
One of tho largest logging engines
recently brought to Coos Bay ar
rived yesterday from Portland on tho
Alliance for tho Larson Logging
Company, a subsidiary concern of the
new wood working mill which Henry
Hoeck and others will shortly start
on Coos Bay. Tho locomotive
weighed fifty-five tons. Two cars
of heavy steel rails, forty tons, ac
companied the engine, and It Is ex
pected that the construction of the
logging road to the proposed mill
will begin soon. Mr. Hoeck has been
In Astoria conferring with other par
ties who will be Interested with him
In tho new business.
The shipping of the locomotive
here resulted In the Portland re
porters being "strung" by some ono
to tho effect that the engine was for
use on the branch which the South
ern Pacific Is building from Drain to
Coos Bay. The following story ap
peared in the Portland Telegram:
"Equipment for tho new Drain
railroad being built into Marshfleld
will make up tho bulk of the cargo
which will be taken to Coos Bay by
the steamer Alliance this trip. A
locomotive weighing C2 tons Is being
placed on board. She will also carry
to tho same destination 60 tons of
steel rails. From now on until the
road has been completed tho most
of the steamer's d.Qwn freight will
be comprised of tho same sort of
material."
gan to fall him as a result of his
close application to business for up
wards of a quarter of a century and
the Pioneer Hardwaro Company was
Incorporated and the details of the
management passed off to E. K.
Jones, a son-in-law, but Mr. O'Con
nell remained Identified with It until
yesterday.
A MEETING of tho Sisters of
Bethany will bo held at the home of
Mrs. A. McKeown tomorrow, Wed
nesday at 2 p. m.
CHAMBERLAIN
FOR COOS BAY
Senator-Elect Writes Pleasing
Letter to Eugene O'Connell
of Marshfield.
Governor George E. Chamberlain,
who will probably bo elected to suc
ceed C. W. Fulton as United States
senator from Oregon has been for
mally apprised that Coos Bay is on
the map and will expect him to re
member it when ho takes up his now
duties. Tho notice was served on
him by Eugene O'Connell of Marsh
fleld, a personal friend and admirer,
immediately after the result of tho
election was known when Mr. O'Con
nell hastened to extend congratula
tions. The following telegram and letter
In reply aro self oj.planatory:
"Geo. E. Chamberlain.
"Salem, Oregon,
"Congratulations. WHon yoti' oc
cupy your place ln"tH6Abenate' of tho
United States Coos Bay may be
knocking at the senatorial door for
relief. Remember Coos county was
your friend.
"EUGENE O'CONNELL."
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DO IT NOW
BUY LOTS IN
South Harbor
Before the raise
For particulars, sco any rcol
estate orient or
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W. J.RUST
Special Agent.
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"Eugene O'Connell, Esq.,
Marshfleld, Ore.
My dear sir and friend:
I thank you very much for your
cordial congratulatory telegram.
You can rest assured that I will do
my best to do my whole duty to
your section, and to so administer
the duties devolving upon mo as to
win the approbation of the good peo
ple of this state who havo so many
times honored mo.
With kindest regards to you and
to all of my friends, I am
GEO. E. CHAMBERLAIN."
Everybody Is coming Wednesday I
nnd Thursday to hear THE MES
SIAH. Reserved seats at Lockhart
Pnrsons Pharmacy.
You can BUY or SELL through
Tho Times "WANTS" with ease, dis
patch and profit try them.
COQUILLE BOY IS
HELD FOR ROBBERY.
(Special to Tho Times.)
COQUILLE, Ore., June 16. Ray
Hatcher, a fifteen-year-old boy, is
under arrest here for stealing $150
from T. J. McAdams. At first young
Hatcher admitted tho theft and
promised to refund the money If they
would take him to a livery barn
where he declared ho had hidden It.
On arriving there, he refused to get
tho money and then denied that he
had taken It. Hatcher's parents are
separated and he has been making
his homo with tho McAdams family.
It is supposed that he (Hatcher)
slipped Into Mr. McAdams' room In
the night and took tho money from
tho latter's pocket. Hatcher will bo
taken before Judgo Hall, his age
keeping him within the confines of
the juvenile court.
MANGAN'S
Undertaking
Parlor
New O'Connel Bldg.
MARSHFIELD, OREGON
Telephones: Office 2161
Residence 2171
WEINHARD'S BEER
PROMOTES HEALTH
MARSDEN'S LIQUOR HOUSE
.. Orders Delivered Free. -
QUICK DELIVERY
For convenience of Call pa
trons the Laundry office will
be open Saturday evenings until
8 o'clock.,
Phono 571 today. Our wagon
will call.
COOS BAY STEAM LAUNDRY
Marshfleld and North Bend.
FAMILY ORDERS FOR
WEINHARD'S BEER
w. By mall or Phono. .-tot
Delivered Free
MARSDEN'S LIQUOR HOUSE
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The SAMSON
MARINE ENGINE
Now on Exhibition at our
Sales Rooms
Pronounced a Beauty by all
the Local Gasoline Experts
Call and inspect it
Coos Bay Oil & Supply Co.
fc . Water Front Near "A" Street
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Flanagan & Bennett Bank
MARSHFIELD OREGON.
Capital Subscribed 150,000
Capital Paid Dp 140,000
Undivided Profits 135,000
Poei a general banking business and duwi
ou the Bank ot California, Ban Frandso
Calif., First National Bank Portland Or., Firit
National Bank. Roseburg, Or., Hanover Nt
tlonal Bank, Now York, N. If. RotbcbU A
Son, London, England.
Also Bell change on nearly all tba prlnci,.
cities of Europe.
Accounts kept iubjeot to obeck, safe depoil
lock boxes far rent at CO cents a month o
IS. a year.
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
DRINK
WEINHARD'S
BEER
BEST MADE
MARSDEN'S LIQUOR HOUSE
THOMASON & HANSON
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Free Delivery Phone 17W
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Clias. A. Stevens Coat & Suit
House, Chicago
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Cor. Firit and B Sis. Mmbfidd, Ore,
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