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MMMppiiPi P ip " Vi . 1 l.y THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1910 EVENING EDITION . WJiPPIPpjPfWWSIiP'VlSI iCiV',,! WVit-Mplf $Vflfk w I M fc A v "WE NEVER SI W (Continued from pago 1.) tho beginning. People all say: "We never saw It in this fashion before." Well, it's getting out that "Whirl wind Dan" is here. "What shall it profit a man if he gains tho whole world and lose his own soul?" This was the question that Mr. Shannon raised last night in tho tabernacle. Surely it is un answerable. "Men are losing their souls because of gold," said he, "money is a good servant, but it is certainly a hard master. Men aro judged today by their financial .standing. This is wrong rating. It Is true that men aro all wrapped up In real estate and getting a living. They say, 'the world owes me a liv ing' I tell you, you are are wrong. You owe the world a life. What are you living for anyway? What are you saving up your money for, to pay funeral expenses? I tell you, what, there aro no pockets, in a shroud. When you are about vp die, why don't you call for the bank er to bring your gold, let them bring your deeds, your bonds and your wealth and let it comfort you in death. That's what you lived for. "What shall it profit a man, Oh, what shall it profit a man." "Do you know what a soul costs? You don't or you would not barter it off so cheaply. I'll tell you that a soul costs tho heart aches of the Son of God. It cost him to hang on the cross. It cost Him the bitter cup in the garden. It cost Him the heavy lashes laid on his bare back. It cost Him tho cruel nails. It cost Him the crown of thorns. It cost Him the carrying the heavy cross under which he fell seven times. It cost Him shed blood. It cost Him a broken heart, for that was the real cause of his death. I tell you, oh, "sinner that God blocks the way to Hell by tho crimson cross. I will add to tho cost of a soul, the bodies of tho martyrs; which if piled would make a mountain higher than the Hymalayas. Their blood would make a river as wide as the Ama zon. I will add every dollar ex pended to save men (this should not bo mentioned), every tear, the ener gy of the evangelist and I will lay on top of all this his very soul! all this for the redeeming of lost souls." In tho closing prayer, Mr. Shan non mentioned every public man in town all the sailors and longshore men, no one was omitted. It was a remarkable prayer and revealed Mr. Shannon's real Interest In all. -No ono could have gone from the great meeting last night feeling otherwise IRE BUYING NEWS FROM ALL MORE PLUS OVER COOS COUNTY H. M. Byllesby & Co., of Chi cago, Securing Public Utili ties Spend Large Sum The Portland Journal says: "With the struggle centering in the Wash ington cities of Vancouver, North Yakima and Walla Walla, a fierce war of financo for supremacy in the gas and electric lighting business ol the northwest, has begun between H. M. Byllesby & Co., of Chicago, 111., and tho General Electric Com pany, which recently purchased the Portland Gas Company. "Following tho purchase of the Olympla Gas and Power Company of Olympla, Wash., Tuesday by the Byl lesby interests, after a hard fight, the scene of battle has shifted to Van couver, Wash. And in the mean time both great interests have open ed negotiations for tho purchase of the North Yakima and Walla Walla gas plants. "Within tho last six months H. M. Byllesby & Co. have obtained con trol of the Northwestern Gas Com pany of Everett, Wash., Tacoma Gas Company of Tacoma, Wash., the Olympla Gas & Power Company of Olympla, Wash., and the Coos Bay Light & Power Company of Coos Bay, Ore. Franchises have been ob tained for lighting plants in Cheha- Hs, Wash., and Centralia, Wash. The General Electric Company has con trol of tho Astoria Gas Company of Astoria, Ore., and recently acquired the Portland Gas Company. Will Spend $2.-0,000. "It was further announced that about $250,000 would be spent on the Coos Bay plant, which was pur chased several weeks ago, and which will bo extended to take In all the cities on the bay. Twenty miles of mains will be laid. ."H. M. Byllesby & Co. form one of the largest concerns operating gas and electric lighting plants In the United States. The company has a monopoly on gas and electric com panies In the new state of Oklahoma, and has plants scattered about in all sections of the country. Independent of combined interests, it is backed by a coterie of Chicago bankers." CULLINGS OF COQUILLE. Coos County Seat News As Recorded By The Sentinel. Married In this city on the 12th Inst., Martin Dahl and Margarette Wilson, Judge E. G. D. Holden offici ating. Tho happy couple aro among Coos county's most worthy people, whom may long life and prosperity attend. BRIEFS OF BANDON. Nows of City-By-the-Sen As Told In Tho Recorder. Prof. E. B. Kausrud roceived n card from Halden Foss of Portland, Tuesday, announcing the arrival of a nine-pound boy in their home. :a::i:m:mtti:j:u:r4:trt::::;j:::::t:i:;:;.sJl rAl mi kJLwvBxa a9aa' Dn 1 11CW i3iyAG!5 HI J-ieUUCd WiOl'dS - jj Just arrived on the last boat from tho East. Wo Invito Sixteen-year-old Howard Moody is the champion fisherman of this city. Ho won tho honor Thursday morning by landing a ten and three-fourths pound steelhead with an ordinary bamboo pole. The fish made a game fight but tho boy was the stronger of tho two and dragged his prize to shore and landed him. This is the largest fish caught with hook and line this season. Bert Seal report ed a ten-pounder a week or two ago and several other good catches have been made. This year promises to be a record-breaker in tho way of catching big fish. Nels Nielson of Prosper, has se cured the contract to repair the scows here that belong to tho gov ernment, and will build a couple of new one3 to be taken to Sluslaw where they will be used in building the new jetty. SS most critical Inspection. Hub Clothing and Shoe Company COQUILLE MONEY TALKS MARSHFIELD CASH OXLY ;;mmmm:mam:mtmau::mttmttmjnmnumnjuajttmjKsJ ------------- -a-a-tt-tt-w-n-: -hi-8. 1909 TAXES We aro proparod to pay taxes for residents and non-resideati without cost to the tax-payers. ' Remember you will savo 3 per cent by paying your taxes In J cai ; fPTirt T)nw1nn Pnmmnrntnl "Mill TtrM1 I ilic uouuuu uu.uic.i,iai v.i.u ..... I ? hold a debate next Tuesday night on the subject, Resolved. That a Port of Coquille River would be beneficial to the commercial interest of Ban don. The affirmative will be upheld by J. W. Mast, G. T. Treadgold and C. R. Moore, the negative by Geo. P. Topping, M. Breuer and A. Hab-erly. MILLS BANK HONORS OLD DRAFT Issued J52 Years Aro, Turns Up nt Sacramento Institution. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 21. A draft for $100 Issued in this city on October 27, 185S, by the bank of D. O. Mills & Co. has just been returned to that institution by Seeley Giidley t, ... . . , , j of Llbortyvillo, 111., administrator of than that Dan is here for souls and . . .. tne estate or nis iatner, ueorgo uria loy. It was found in his effects aft er his death. The draft was Issued to George not money. No ono could honestly foel hard at him for what ho said. Delegation From North Rend. Tonight, seventy-flvvo people from the Mlzpah Bible class In North Bend will attend tho meeting in a body. Lot there bo a larger crowd out from Marshflold to greet them. Tuesday Prayer Services. Brief prayer meetings will be held in tho morning from 10 to 10:30 at tho following places: Mrs. Howard Savage, with Rev. McKee as lender. Mrs. Humphrey, with Rev. Zugg as leader. Mrs. Smithgnll, with Mr. Ross as leader. Mrs. LaChapollo, with Rev. Hall as leader. Mrs. Prouss, with II. S. Rutledge as lender. Mrs. F. C. Birch, with Rev. R. II. Allen ns leader. Mrs. Snover, with Mrs. K. A. Hon dicks as leader. PERSONS DESIRING COMPL171E RECORD DAN SHANNON'S SERMONS WILL RE FURNISHED THE COOS DAY TIMES Grldley, payable by the American 'Exchange Bank of New York, an in stitution long since out of business. It bears In tho upper right hand cor ner a picture of a side wheel ocean liner and In the lower left hand cor ner a picture of a clumsy sailing ves sel. The bank here referred to Its old records and found tho draft correct. A check on a Chicago bank for the amount of tho draft has been for warded to Grldley. Tho draft itself will bo presetted as a curiosity. Seeley & Anderson have reopened their logging camp on the lower river. Tho intention when they closed down was to go on the upper waters of the Coquille for the bal ance of the season, but new arrange ments have been made and1 they started operations on a six-hundred acre tract of timber at Seven Mile Monday. They expect to put in about 12,000,000 feet of logs during the coming season. The logging is being done for the Lyons-Johnson Lumber Company at Prosper and for the Johnson Lumber Company just above this city. Last Saturday the little son of Ralph Schroeder, living near Arago, while playing with his dog was so severely injured that several stitches were necessary to dress his wounds. In some manner while they were playing one of the dog's teeth caught inside the boy's mouth and the re sult was that the entire cheek was torn open and the lower lip was also badly lacerated. No one was present at the time of the accident but those near seem to think the boy and dog were merely playing and that it was purely accidental. The boy Is doing nicely and so serious results aro apprehended. Marriage Licenses, The following marriage licenses were issued b ythe county clerk dur ing the past week: Martin Dahl and Margarette Wil son. Charles E. Watson and Nettie Miller. Last Friday was Mrs. Retignltz's birthday and to commemorate the occasion a number of her lady friends called In and surprised her. A very dainty luncheon was served and a most pleasant afternoon was spent. Those present were: Mrs. Rosslter. Mrs. Cody, Mrs. Zeek, Mrs. Hunnlcutt, Mrs. Plymale, Miss Murphy and Mrs. Rohn. At the regular meeting of the Knights of Pythias Monday evening the wives, daughters, mothers and sweethearts of the members were in vited to be present, while a big dele gation fiom Coquille was also in at tendance. The object of the meeting was to establish a lodge of the Py thian Sisters, and the fact that it takes only 15 names on the petition to organize such lodge, while 23 were secured, is assurance that the organization will be instituted and that, right soon. n full before March 15th and after that up to April 5th you j avoid interest and penalty by paying ono-half and tho balance or before October 5th, 1910. j Also don't overlook tne tact tnat wo aro making reliable Ab stracts of Title, and have all kinds of bargains on tap In the shape i of real estate. ! Title Guarantee and Abstract ftv ! By IIEXRY SENGSTACKEN, Manager. I -a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-na-a-a -a-a-a-a-a-a- u-a-.!1 - --.J Beaver Hill Coal MOUNT DIABLO AND JOSSON CEMENT Tho best. Domestic and Imported brands. Plaster, Lime, Brick, and ull kinds of builders material. HUGH McLAIN GENERAL CONTRACTOR 310 SOUTH BROADWAY PHONE SOI .- ,.ot --. ...g Streamer WilMmma X. WAGNER, Master. Sailing for Bandon every Monday. For full Information, apply Chaa Thorn owner, or Tom James, agent. grwgcfwgiBawvBnmajuM 1 A !ig Hit Last Friday, February 11th was Wm. Gallier's 83rd birthday and to remind him of the occasion, the fam ilies of his two sons Steve and Ed and a few invited gusest gathered at the home and gave him a little sur- Is what the work turned out by us is making. Our process gives your linen that fine smooth stock finish so much desired by the neat dresser. We use press machines thereby giv ing your shirts and collars that per fect fit. MARSHFIELD HAND AND STEAM LAUNDRY. Cookies PLAY TIE GAME. CHUN'S BOAT SMASHED. FOR THE FIVE WEEKS OF THE MEETINGS FROM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21 FOR ONLY 50 CENTS. ORDI'RS MUST RE PLACED AT ONCE TO SECURE PAPERS AS THERE WILL BE NO BAOIv NUM. HERS. No want so lars aad bo want o wall that Tk Ttmpa "want" ads m et supply U. Coquille Physician In Collision On The Coquille River. Tho Coquille Sentinel says: "What might have been a serious accident occuned on tho river just abovo the city dock Monday morning. The Wolverine was coming down the riv er to tho dock preparatory to start ing on her regular run down the river. Dr. Culln with his gasoline boat was llng in the eddy just abovo the dock. As tho Woheiino round ed tho bend at the mill tho doctor started across tho river. Ho miscal culated the distance and tho speed at which tho Wolverine was travoling and tho result was a nasty collision lu which his boat was badly stove up near tho storn nnd camo very near being capsized. Tho accident would have beon far more serious had not Captain Wlllnrd noticed tho small boat through tho driving rain and thrown his wheel hard to port thus barely striking the smaller craft. Tho repairs on tho doctor's craft aro not completed and tho bont is not yet In service," Myrtle Point Defeats Bandon In Close Contest. In a hotly contested basket ball game on which time was called with a tie score the Myrtle Point high school boys defeated the Bandon high school team by a score of 12 to 10 before a crowded house at the Hermann court last Friday evening. The first half of the game was all in favor of the home team, the score being 7 to 3 when time was called. Iu the latter half, however, the visit ors gradually climbed up on the home team's lead in a series of spir ited plays that left the score at the end of the time 10 to 10. The re sult having been announced, the play was continued for more than two minutes with apparently even chan ces between tho teams for breaking the tie. Finally the winning basket was thrown by Reed of tho home team and pandemonium reigned for a short time. Ernest Boak of Ban- prise, tie was tne recipient of a number of nice presents and the dav Phone 220-.T and our wagon will call was an exceedingly enjoyable one for all present. Although he is S3 years old, Mr. Gallier's mind Is clear as eer and he is as active as many men twenty or thirty years younger. He looks ofter all his own business affairs with as much accuracy as ever, and takes much Interest In all public questions. don refereed and gave unirormly sat isfactory decisions. Grover Brown was umpire. Both teams were penalized several times on fouls. The receipts at tho door were $64. 4S. Myrtle Point Enterprise. BEST Patent FLOUR $1.00 Haines EGGS FOR HATCHING THOROUGHBRED BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS TRAP NESTED BIRDS. $1.00 to $2.00 per sitting. Visitors Welcome Fred Bachninn North End Front St. Box 485 Old Dimniick Place Mnrshflcld L. J. POST Contractor nnd Rnilder Elgrteen ears' experlenco has .nimht i.c a motto "Take our time an(" clo our vork right Pnce Consiitant wilh DeitWoik 822 Sontii Second Street MARSHFIELD, ORE. Red Label Grahams. Burnam's Animal Cookies Cocoanut Dalntlej Fig Newton's Fancy Assortment Social Tea Biscuit Old TImo Sugars Saratoga Flakes American Beauty Ginger Snapil Zu Zu Ginger Snaps. Oysterettes. Nabiscos. , Chocolate Wafers. Lemon Snaps Uneeda Biscuit. These are fresh from the ln'4 and have just arrived. C. W. Wolcot THE GROCER. PHONE 97 J FOR SALE TENTS, PACK Si DLE, NEW AND SECOND- 1 GOODS OF ALL KINDS.-1 BROADWAY. BIMIAND SIOM BUSINESS die (TORY OF RELIA houses BLt BUSINESS THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF RELIABLE BUSINESS nOUSES AND RUSINESS MEN .MARSHFIELD WHO HANDLE GOODS THAT CAN BE GUARANTEED AT FAIR PRICES OR .Mfc,. w HOSE WORK MAY RE DEPENDED Ui'ON. IT WILL PAY YOU TO PATRONIZE THEM Have yon lost anrtkfegT Read & Time Want Ad. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES; FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON; In the matter of LEE BARR, bank rupt; the undersigned will receive sealed cash bids for a stock of mer chandise consisting of Jewelry, Cut Glass, etc., of the Inventory value of ll.4S7.S4, together with fixtures of tho inventory value of $153. DO, up to 12 o'clock noon of Tuesday, March 1st, 1910. The property is located on Sherman avenue. North Bend, Oregon. Inventory and inspection of stock on application. All bids must bo accompanied by a certified check for 10 per cent of amount offered, and sale Is subject to confirmation by tho court. Dated, Marshfleld, Oregon, Feb ruary 10, 1918. FRED K. GETTING. Trustee. Room 1, Douglas Building, Marsh field, Orcon. The Modern Company Wholesale CANDY. CRACKKRS Marshf ield, Oregon CIGARS, PIPES, ETC. K& North Bend Iron Works QJZl) ore. Iron and bronze cast! ngs. All kinds of repair work and logging tools a specialt y. FOUNDERS and MACHINISTS. Mother' Restaurant is better prepared to serve you than ever befcre. Commercial Ae., bet. Front and Broadway, Marshfleld. Go To WILLEY & SCHROEDER for Plumbing and Heatinn MATtthfioU, Qwk, Pkoa 77S Let us make YOUR OLD SUIT look like new. Cleaned and press ed it will bo fine as ever. The UNIQUE PANTATORIUM, L. I). FOOTE, proprietor, Phono 230-.Y. FOR GOOD PHOTOS go to STADDEN Rogers Building Broadway and Ceatral Avenue. p I. HAYES. Optometrist The very lstest mntlin. In flttlr.tr O-lnSSPS. '" ing of children's eyes a special" Broken glasses duplicated. HFMTRAL HOTEL. Light, airy rooms for rent W ""I day, week or month. Corner A nnd Front stfwtt MARSHFIELD, ORE. J. L. KOONTZ Mnchlno nnd Repair GENERAL MACUlM" Steam and Gas Engine Wort At Holland's boat shop, street, Marshfleld, Ore. Frl , v. r.c vnimJ01! iir iiui xinir.a uuw -- pntVTiwn irri xvit.T, M5 J I . ..rr. lllT.Tl At" TRACT ATTENTION. tr.