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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIM ES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1908,
GIVES BANQUET
FOR LDNELIES",
W. C. Brown of Dallas, Ore.,
Entertains Widows and
Widowers at Novel Feast.
DALLAS, Ore., Dec. 4. W. C.
Brown, affectionately spoken of by
nearly all who know him as "Uncle
Bill." celebrated his S4th birthday
Dallas
by giving a banquet at the
Hotel to all -widows and vldowers In
Dallas. In extending the Invitations
to the widowers Mr. Brown went be
yond his usual custom, as on his an
nual birthday celebration heretofore
he has invited only the widows.
About 50 guests were present, the
widows outnumbering the widowers
nearly three to one.
"Uncle Bill" proved himself a
royal host and at the close of the
banquet made a short speech, hark
ing back to the days when he first
came to Dallas, and dwelling on the
changes that have taken place since.
Mr. Brown is one of three men
still living in Dallas who were here
when the town was founded. Be
ginning as a day laborer. "Uncle
Bill" amassed a snug fortune by
bard work and thrift. His annual
banquet, Inaugurated several years
ago, has come to be an event of more
than local Interest, and for months
before this last banquet he was the
recipient of letters from widows in
every part of the Northwest contain
ing requests of all descriptions, from
merely a plea for an Invitation to
the banquet to offers of marriage
and requests for financial assistance.
Mr. Brown is remembered as the
man who several years ago scattered
$100 in nickels on the Courthouse
lawn In Dallas for the children to
scramble for. Last year he distribut
ed a barrel of candy among the chil
dren of this city on Christmas day,
and he declares that he intends to
continue the custom each year.
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BUILD XEW BUNKERS.
Eureka Coal Company Improve
Property In Valley.
COQUILLE, Ore., Dec. 4. Work
has been resumed on the trestle and
bunkers for the Eureka Coal Com
pany a mile this side of RIverton.
The trestle will have a length of j
about 2,200 feet and is being built
under the superintendency of Dan.
Plymale, the down stream con
tractor. Several men are employed
on the job. The output of the mine,
of which John A. Tawse is superin
tendent, will be shipped to Eureka,
California, by steamer out of the
river, and marketed in that flourish
ing city.
WAR RUMOR NOT TRUE.
No
Foundation For Report
ol
Trouble In Hast.
fBy Asoclated Press.l
BUDAPEST, Dec. 4. The War
Office declares to be without founda
tion the reports that th Montene
Krian forces are bombarding Catta
ro, the Austrian seaport on the
Adriatic sea.
The Margaret lies Company will
glvo a performance of "UNDER TWO
VIilOS" at Odd Fellows Hall to
night. .' "Under Two Flags" at ODD FEL
LOWS HALL TOXKJHT.
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.'( Cans Tomatoes -c
JJ Cans Yellow Crawford
Peaches SMcs
Corn, per can Kc
:( cent CoIVih, the 11) -c
Our Own Blended Coll'ee.
If not satisfactory money
refunded !Me
Uncolored Japan Tea, the
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New Orleans Molasses, 1
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T Fancy Candled KgKS do.. IOe 1
T ti'ood Apples, the box . . . . T.ic i
8 Bars Royal Savon Sonp.U.'Sc T
Charter Oak Flour, best
on earlli $!."
This is only a fow of our
ninny bargains.-
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SALMON PACK
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1 bUbLAW
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Largest Amount of Fish
In
Many Years Canned There
This Season.
The largest salmon pack made on
the Siuslaw In fifteen or twenty
years has just been completed, ac-
cording to W. J. Kyle, one of the
Florence cannerymen, wno is in
Marshfield today. The pack of the
two canneries will amount to about
15.000 cases of which the Kyle can
nery packed about S.200.
"The season was much better than
we expected," said Mr. Kyle today.
"For a time, It looked dubious, the
run coming very late. There were
very few Chlnooks this year. The
sllversides were the largest we have
had In years. It only averaged five
and one-half fish to the case this
year against seven last season. Many
of the sllversides weighed more than
twenty pounds.
"We had to bring fishermen down
from the Columbia and they made
a good thing. We paid twelve and
one-half cents per fish and in two
drifts one night, the boats brought in
over four hundred fish. This year,
we had to pay the Chinese forty
cents per case for packing."
There Is a good demand for sal
mon this year and Mr. Kyle brought
down 1,200 cases to go to San Fran
cisco. FLAX BIG RABHIT-DRIVE.
Hermiston Settlers Hope to Exter
minate Furry Pests.
PENDLETON, Ore., Dec. 4. Set
tlers on the government reclamation
nroiect near Hprmlstnn are nlnnnlnir
tha fli-et ..aViJ.lt-At,.n tr. V. V.1J I-
this county for years. Though the j ..Ir a g,,, ,3 IookIng for sometnIng,
plague, which has carried off thou- as It Is plain you nre. either she has
sands of the rabbits during the past , lost it or wishes what she has not pos
few years, has, greatly reduced their ', sessed."
numbers, it has hppn fminH that ! "B"t what I have been looking for
those remaining are sufficiently nu-
merous to ruin fields of young alfalfa
and to injure young fruit trees.
Since the construction of the main
feed canal and the monster reser
voir .the Hermiston Valley is almost
entirely surrounded by water, the
Columbia and Umatilla Rivers being
on two sides of it and the big canal
extending almost entirely across the
other side of the triangle. It Is
therefore believed that by a system-
atlc drive, carried out on a larce
ci ,vm eu ! i0 ti,
wwuv tti t mmi, uiAiiuai ittv turn
plete extermination of the pests.
CARING FOR MILK.
i A Few Maxims of Value to the Young
Housewife.
Tuberculosis kills 5.000.000 people
annually. It may be carried through
Infected milk.
Select a milkman who has clean
hands, clean clothes, clean wagon,
clean cans and clean bottles.
Do not select a milkman because he
sells milk cheap.
Refuse milk tunt shows a deposit of
dirt In the bottom of the bottle.
Do not forgot that dirt In milk Is a
menace to health.
Do not forget that dirty milk may
kill the baby.
Always keep pasteurized milk cool.
Use at once. Do not forget that germs
multiply more rapidly in pasteurized
milk than In any -other.
Do not leave the milk uncovered nuy
wliere. Do not leave milk In a warm room or
unchlllcd Icebox. Protect it from flies.
Do not leave It out of doors In the sun
or exposed to eats and dogs.
Do not use the milk bottles for any
thing but milk.
Wash nnd scald milk bottles as soon
ns emptied Return clean bottles to
the milkman. Buy only bottled milk.
If possible.
While these "maxims" may horrify
some good housekeepers who would
never think of being guilty of the
negligence Implied, there are homes
without number, nice homes, too.
where sanitary and hyclenfe rules are
violated constantly In some of these
It Is because the housekeeper is young
or inexperienced; in others, where the
c-are of the kitchen nnd marketing are
left entirely to servants ignorant or
constitutionally careless.
To those housekeejM'rs let us whis
per that that attention to the meanest
detnll In housekeeping is not Ignoble.
It Is not only woman's duty, but her
great privilege. A man cannot make
a home. He may build the houses.
flails nrul chambers, roofs anil domes.
Hut the womon of the oRrtli. God knows
Hid womun build the homes I
Sop display of prizes for RED-ME.V-
MASQUE BALL in Lockhart's
window.
Miss lies as Cigarotto In "UNDER
TWO FLAGS" tonight at Odd Fel
lows' Hall.
Stoamer HREAKWATER
from Coos Bay for Portland
sails
SAT-
URRAY, DECEMBER 5, at 8 A. M.
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e Found What
vS'jc Loo tied For,
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, Original.
1 Pearl Lcighton was a trim little
) body. Just turned eighteen, with fair
hair, blue eyes and one of those soft
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feminine voices that usunllv eo with
' such a physique. She was Innocent as
n dove.
But Miss Lelghton had n younger
brother, aged nine, who was as full of
mischief ns his sister was free fron
guile. What did the young scapgrace
do but paint on Pearl's new silk um
brella, of which she was very proud.
In white letters the words, "I'm look
ing for a lover." Miss Lelghton. dress
ed In her daintiest costume, passed
through the hall buttoning ber glove.
Ik-
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51$
out through the front door on
the stoop, cast her blue eyes up
the sky. which was lowering, then at
the ground, which was wet. returned
to the hall for her umbrella, and as
she put It up looked again at the sky,
fearing that. It might rain Instead of
trizzle and damage the umbrella. Con
sequently she did not see the Inscrip
tion. Her brother saw it from an up
per window and rolled on the floor in
i an escess of glee
Pearl had not gone far before she
bethought herself whether she had
brought her portemonuale and if it con
tained any money. Opening a little
bag on her arm. she took out the porte
monnale, which contained very small
change, mostly copper and nickel, nnd
! was counting It when she dronned a
! coin. While looking for It she heard
a very pleasant aud well modulated
masculine voice say:
"I perceive you are looking for some
thing. May I be of service to you?"
"It's only a cent or at most a nickel.
Don't trouble yourself."
But he did trouble himself and. find
ing the coin, raised his derby hat with
one hand and banded her the piece
with the other, looking Into her azure
eyes with a pair of black ones that
were dancing with good humor. He
was young and evidently a gentleman
"Thank you ever so much." she said,
not understanding the merriment In
his countenance, but relishing the ad
miration that accompanied it.
"Have you lost anything else?" he
i askeu.
"? UO.
What makes you think I
j has been found.'
When?
"Why. just now."
"Then I am very happy."
She brought her eyes on his In mild
wonderment; then, lowering them to
the ground, she walked on. ne did
not take the hint nnd walked on with
her.
"But you don't know," he said,
"whether it will prove a blessing or a
curse."
"What?"
J "This coveted thing."
I "Th? nlckel -vou toua fr e?'
"Ob- no! That's only a nickel.
j can neither be a blessing nor a curse."
"What do you mean is a blessing or
! a curse?"
"This thing you ure proclaiming to
I the world you are looking for."
Again the look of wonder. "Really,"
I she tnld. "I haven't the slightest Idea
I "That's surprising. I think you
I should give notice whether you have
lost It. whether you wish a new one or
whether you have never had it at all
I assure you It makes a great deal
illfforoiioo M
! She nut on ns hauchtv a look as she
i was capable of nnd said, "Since It has
' been found I think further discussion
i of it is unnecossnrv ."
"Then why not take In the notice?"
"What notice?"
"The notice that you nre looking
for"
i He paused. She was not one of the
kind to order away one who, having
I put her under 5 cents' worth of obliga
tion, seemed disposed to form a street
ucquiuuiauce, uui ue saw mat sue
looked distressed.
"Pnrdon me," he said, dropping his
bantering tone. "Some one has been
1 playing n trick on you. The temptation
to rally you upon It has been Irresist
ible. If you will examine the cover of
your umbrella you will see for your
self." Sho lowered her umbrella, ne held
his own over her nnd, taking hers by
the handle, showed her the Inscription.
"Weli, I declare!" she exclaimed.
"Have I been parading with that thing
up? Tom did that. My umbrella's
spoiled, and I'm the laughingstock of
the town."
A tear stood In her eye. Closing the
umbrella, he said lu his kindliest toue:
"I think the letters can be washed
out, and, as for being a laughingstock,
I'm sure the Innocence so apparent In
your face, your figure, your step in
deed. In everything about you pro
tects you. Exchange umbrellas with
mo."
"Thank you very much. Where shall
I send yours?"
, "Mayn't I call for It?"
' "Perhaps that will do as well. Then
you can return mine at the snme time."
He called that afternoon with hei
umbrella, from which every vestige of
tho lettering had beon removed. As ho
stood waiting at the door for an an
swer to his summons a small boy came
around the house.
"That sis' umbrella?" be asked.
"It probably Is. Why are you rub
bing the sent of your trouFors"
"H'm; guess you'd rub the seat of
your trousers If you'd had pop's cane
lammln' It bb I Imr,"
LOUISE C. FARRELL.
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tWe Want to Call
Your Attention
To Our
CHRISTMAS
Our stock this season is larger
plete than ever before I
And we are able to give the best values ever
oftered as we took the opportunity last Spring of I
I ordering direct from the f actory t
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Our Holiday Line
Is too large to enumerate but we have presents for everyone old or young,
All the latest books of fiction and TOYS of every description Fountain pens
at all prices, from $1 to $15.00.
Everything will be found here and we are always glad to help you in your selec
tions, We especially wish the attention of those desirous of sending away presents to
friends And would like to fill their orders in time to insure arrival before Christmas,
NORTON & HANSEN
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CRIBBS & MASOX beg to an
nounce that all those wishing Xmas
photos from their studio must have
them taken on or before Wednesday,
December 9, as no sittings will be
accepted after that date it being
impossible to finish before Xmas any
taken after that time.
Everything in feed at HAINES.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTIOX.
Notice Is hereby glve'n that the
undersigned, heretofore doing busi
ness as Carr & Lash, painters and
decorators nt Marshfield, Oregon,
have dissolved said Arm. The busi
ness will be hereafter conducted by
Charles D. Lash who will perform
all contracts, collect all accounts and
assume all debts of tho firm.
Marshfield, Oregon, December 4,
A; D. 1908.
H. E. CARR,
CHAS. D. LASH. .
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with every $5.00 purchase on Automatic Canary. Bird worth $40.
Repairing of all kinds in Jewelry line a specialty.
See Our Line of Clocks, Diamonds nnd Watches For Xmas Gifts.
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