THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1912 EVENING EDITION.
rou Really Want
Private Water Pumping
id Want a Dependable,
Constant and Satisfactory Supply-
you should investigate the merits of electri
cally driven pumps.
These are now made in small sizes suitable
for household use, and on small farms, etc.
The power is always ready; the supply of
water does not fail.
Where other forms of power balk, cause
delays and break down, the Electric Motor ,
works smoothly, continuously and efficiently
also, economically.
Ask our Now Business "Department to give
you accurate and up-to-date Information
about Electric 'Pumping. Telephone 178.
Oregon Power Co.
RESOLVED
That iho following arc selected from the best and
most complete list of gilt-edged realty investments to
jc found on Coos Bay
8 lots on 4th, North of Elrod, each, $1,000.00
70 x 100 in West Mavshficld, 2,000.00
50 feet on Broadway, solid ground 1,500.00
2 lots on Second street, near Golden .... 2,000.00
50 ft. in heart of business section 8,500.00
Bay Park Lots $10.00 down and $5.00 a month
The above- arc to be had, of course, only from
I. S. KAUFMAN & CO.
177 Front Street
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
Flanagan (8b Bennett Bank
of
MARSHFIELD, OREGON
At tlio closo of business, December 5, 1011.
Resources.
Loans and Discounts $122, 312. C8
! Banking Houso 50,000.00
Cash urnl Exchanges 184,48c. 42
Total 050,700.10
Liabilities.
Capital Stock paid In $ 50,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits 58,531.57
Deposits 548,207.53
'Total $030,700.10
Condensed Statement
( of tlio condition of
The First National Bank
OF COOS BAY
at tlio Closo of Business, Dec. 5, 1911.
Resources.
Loans nnd Discounts . .'. $229,329.87
Bonds, Warrants and Securities 73,101.50
U. S. Bonds to securo circulation 25,000.00
Rcnl Estato, Furnlturo nnd Fixtures 81,472.94
Cash and Sight Exchango 141,131.98
Total $3BO,000.20
Liabilities.
Capital stock paid In 1100,000.00
Surplus and undivided pronts.,. 10,797.39
Circulation, outstanding 25,000.0u
Deposits 414,298.90
Total 530,000.20
INTEREST PAID ON TIME AND SAVINGS DEPOSITS.
MARSHFIELD OREGON
Abstracts, Real Estate, Fire
and Marine Insurance
Title Guarantee and Abstract Co.
HENRY SENGSTACKEN, Mgr.
Coqullle Offl;e Phono 191 Marshfleld Office 14-J.
Farms Timber Coal and Platting Lands a specialty.
. General Agents "EA8TSIDE"
VICTOR MURD0CK, INSURGENT KANSAN IN CONGRESS.
ANYBODY who thinks It Is Impossible to write of Victor Murdock
without referring to his red hnlr should take noto of tbo fuct
that tbo proscnt writer Is not going to call tho Kansas congress
man red headed, though he Is red hended. Thcro arc points
about Mr. Murdock much more Interesting than hlB hair. Ono of them
Is hlH bruins. Ills cerebral chamber Is large nnd fully occupied. IIo Is n
political Insurgent because ho thinks for himself. On tho floor of tbo
houso ho will tight for his Ideas lllto a gladiator and nuvcr admit defeat,
becauso if checkmated he knows that he has another move tomorrow.
Murdock has been In congress nearly ten yearn, most of tho tlmo under
tho speakership of Undo Joo Cannon. lie was tho leader In tho vlcto
rloua struggle against the nlloged czarlsm of tho speaker. Uncle Joe,
though speaker, norcr spoko to Murdock except whon ho couldn't help it
Rome pcoplo told Murdock that his Insurgency would kill him politically,
but whon ho went homo to Wichita ho was met by n brass band and
was renominated promptly without opposition and ro-elected. Murdock
grow up In his father's newspaper office
NEW FACTORY
IN MARSHFIELD
MEEKS AND GRAEF OPEN FAC
TORY ON NORTH FRONT ST.
AND HOPE TO ENLARGE IJUSI
NESS RAPIDLY ARE EXPER
IENCED MEN.
Another manufacturing firm has
qulotly established ltsolf in Marsh
Hold within tho last wcok, and it is
ono that, according to plans nnd ex
pectations of tho proprietors, will in
n short tlmo develop to very largo
prnpo' tlons. It Is tho opening hero
of tho Forest Cigar Compnny nt 352
North Front street, with Messrs.
Mooks and Grnef ns proprietors.
Uotli aro old and experienced ci
gnrmaUors. Mr. Meoks was for
ulno years suporlntondont of tho
Iroquois Cigar company at Flint,
Mich., starting with thrco clgnrmnk
ors nnd employing 108 pooplo nt tho
tlmo ho loft. This concern Is ono
of tho largest and best known In tho
East. Mr. Graof has boon In tho
cigar manufacturing business for
fourteen years.
The partners In tho company ar
rived In Portland from Ohio two
months ngo, arriving on Coos Day a
llttlo moro than two weoks ago. Af
ter looking over tho Hold and visit
lug tlio trado In tho district and find
ing themselves most splendidly re
ceived and oncourngod they at onco
decided to start mnnufneturo. Tho
opportunity nnd prospect of success
Is greater by far than they oxpectod
to find It.
Four people nro nlrondy Ingngcd In
mnnufneturo of first class clgnrs.
Their special mnko will bo tho "For
est" cigar. Thoy hnvo found tho
sontitnont In favor of homo Indust
ries moro favorable and pronounced
horo than at any plnco, according to
tholr statoment and thereforo do not
hesltnto to look forward to genulno
support and encouragement of an es
tablishment that promises to glvo
employment to many peoplo within a
very short time.
Uavo your palling cards printed at
Llbby COAIi. The kind YOU hnve
ALWAYS USED. PHONE 72 Paclflc
Livery & Transfer Co.
NOTICE TO Tim PURLTC.
For tho balance of tho winter,
there will be a boat at tho O'Kellv
landing that can bo chartered dny
lor night.
J. A, O'KELLY, Prop.
Never Satisfied.
Undo Hilly Ilnrdp.m hud n head o.'
hnlr that would have made a Christ
mas muff blush If Christmas muffs
were not proof against envy.
"Fine head o' hair you got there,"
said llttlo Serochcr, who always paid
compliments If he paid nothing else.
"You ought to bo proud of It. Many
men nro bald nt your age."
"What's tho harm In that?" growled
Undo Hilly, who didn't euro for u com
pliment from that source.
"Why. nobody likes to bo buld."
"I'd Uko to be for one. Think of tho
barber bill of CO cents n year I would
save."
To Take the Health Along
"Where have you been, Jack?"
"To ii health resort. Finest plnco 1
ever struck."
"Why did you como away, thou'"
"Oh, I got sick."
' "Aro you going back?"
"You bet, Just as soon as I got well."
Squaring the Missus.
"Brown lost a lot of money on pokei
last week."
"Who told you'"
"Nobody."
"Then how do you know?"
"Ills wlfo hns a now set of furs."
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Why It Ploased.
"I had n fine
car ride today."
"Scenery good?"
"Not especially."
"Sents easy?"
"Just ordinary."
"Then w horo
did It Bhlno?"
"Tho conductor
missed mo In tuk-
lng up tho fares."
Just Like Her.
"Whnt would you Judge a woman
by?"
"I wouldn't Judgo her by anything."
"Why?"
"Sho would reverse tho decision if I
did, so what's tho use?"
Rather.
"IIo runs n skin game."
"Where?"
"Up on the eighteenth floor."
"That's what you might call high
flnance, Isn't It?"
Poor Manl
"Why does Hllffklns hnve such n
harassed look?"
"Ills wife Insists upon reading all
tho suffrugo news to him."
No Wait For Spring.
The height of aftluoncu would be
If I can set this past the printer
Would bo to have, you must agree,
That tired feeling In the winter.
AN OLD GOLD BRICK
Used For Fleecing the Innocents
a Generatbn Ago.
THE PATENT SAFE SWINDLE.
It Was a Plausible Trick That Gen
era! y Caught tho Coin and Sent the
Dewlliiered Victim Out of Town In a
Hurry For Fear of Arrest.
Although tho essentials of imposturo
rcmnln unchanged from generation to
generation, so that tho rogue of todny
would hnvo no trouble In, recognizing
his counterpart of the seventeenth cen
tury, nevertheless thcro are fashions
in thievery, as iu everything else. Old
tricks arc cast off lllto threadbare
coats In favor of newer ones, and
these in turn aro discarded when pub
licity hns rendered them familiar nnd
therefore less effective, but plausibility
nnd address nro the Indispensable
qualities of tho gentry who llvo by
their wits.
The newest typo of confidence mnn
is the get-rlch-qulck Individual who
breathes of money nnd wouldn't turn
his hand to a small "Job." Lie angles
for victims with new corporations and
great business ventures for bait, but
ho is the samp man who a generation
ago raited In 'he sheckels by menus of
tho patent safe game. This gouio Is
now uu outworn fushlou. Dut It, had
its points.
Let us Eupposo n countryman, car
petbag in hand, to Imro alighted at
tho union station nnd set out 'o see
tho nights. Although his nnmo Is con
rculently printed on the outstdo of his
bag or set down In n leglblo hand on
tho hotel register, he Is uuiuzod to And
himself hospitably greeted by an utter
stranger, who knows his nnmo nnd
tho town from which ho halls. Tho
stranger Is un old friend whom tho
countrymnn Is ashamed to think bo
cannot remember place Is tho word.
Dut the stranger Is very nffablo and
lays himself out to entertain thu new
comer. They stroll about town In
company, visit n bar or two, exchango
reminiscences nnd at the end of a few
hours nrc bosom companions. Tho
stranger Invariably pays the score, hns
a lordly disdain of money; good fel
lowship In Its own rownrd.
Tho two stroll by devious ways until
Anally while they arc walking arm In
arm down n quiet bystreet tho stran
ger's cyo is caught by a curious object
lying on tho pavement. lie pauses to
cxamlno it. It is n minlaturo globo
about tho size of n billiard ball. Tho
stranger turns it over curiously In his
fingers and finally sees that it is fitted
with n small plug, which comes out
under pressure. Continuing his ex
plorations, he then unscrews tho top
of tho plug, take, out a plcco of crum
pled paper, shows his dupe tho empty
box and throws tho pnpor on tbo
ground. Thcro Is n simitar bit of pa
per in the small charaler nt the end
of the plug, but this the countrymnn
docs not sco. Tho two then stroll on.
discussing tho mysterious ball.
Presently they como upon n worried
looking mnn, who is studying tho
ground with n fnco tho pattern of de
spair. Tho roper observes him and
wants to know whether he has lost
something.
"Lost something, Indeed!" says tho
man. "Why, I've lost un invention of
mine that I wouldn't have tnken $10.
000 for. It was n patent flro snfo
which would snvo hundreds of thou
sands of dollars' worth of papers and
vnlunbles every year. I wns Just on
my way to Blank & IllnnkVi. tho snfo
manufacturers, to get ono made, and
here 1 hnvo lost tbo model."
The roper Is ovldcntly much touched
by tho inventor's distress, no pro
duces tho wooden globe nnd Is Imme
diately overwhelmed with expressions
of grntltude.
"Dut what good Is that invention of
yours?" nsks tho roper.
"Well." snys tho Inventor with prldo.
"you see, It is set on props. When there
is a flro nil you have to do is to knock
out tho props and tho snfo rolls down
an Incline right out of tho building ns
neat as you please. There's a box In
sido to lipid tbo papers. Thero Is a
paper In this box right now."
At that tho roper winks slyly nt tho
farmer nnd whispers in his car, "I'll
mnko him n bet on that piece of
paper."
"Como." says tho roper, "that's a
pretty tall yarn. I don't bellovo there's
nny paper In that ball. I'll bet thcro
isn't n scrap of paper In It."
"I'll bet you $1,000 thero's n paper In
It," snys tho Inventor, much incensed.
"I hnvon't that much with me." says
tho roper, "but I'll Just bet you a hun
dred on it." With that ho takes out a
number of bills, srly ?.10 or so, nnd a
bank check for tho other $."0. To his
friend the farmer ho says. "Will you
just lend mo $50 on this chuck, until I
can get to my hotel?"
Tho farmer sees thnt his friend Is
suro to win. IIo advances tho $50,
when, behold, the Inventor draws out
tho plug, removes the concealed paper
from its small chamber and collects
tho bet Tho roper Is decidedly crest
fallen, but whllo ho is still lamenting
his folly u policeman rushes up,
charges him with gambling and mnkes
n grab for hlra. Roper llees, but tho
farmer Is caught. After protesting his
innocence tho farmer Is nllowed to de
part. Still fearful of arrest, ho flees
tho city. When ho presents his check
ho discovers thnt roper, Inventor nnd
pollcomnn aro all confidence men who
hnve enriched themselves nt his ex
pense. Chicago Record Herald.
R
E
RUHR
T
S
Tho Portland Tclegrnm has a story
ic'i.isniig tho story In Tho Times a
cjiii'e of weeks ngo as to tho llkell-luu-d
ol John F Stevens, formerly
head of thu Hill lines In Oregon, tak
ing n leading part In thu railroad con
ifu'tlon to Coos liny. Dut llttlo
cw Ih given In It and it Is problem
atic t .
Ono of tho latest rumors contra
il. g .dr. Stevens wns that ho was to
lh-a" c''irgo of the Pacific Coust ox
tuisk") of tho Northwestern which
h'ib constructed ns fnr as Lander,
Wo. It hns been Intimated that
the Sumner lines to Coos Day wcro
really Northwestern projects nnd part
ot tholr transcontinental system In
stead of being Hill projects. F. A.
i' ancs, chief engineer of tho Coos
Pay nnd lioise, doubts any Immndlnto
nctlvlty on tho pnrt of the North
western, by which ho was formerly
as ho hns Just hnd n letter from a
friend employed by It expressing a
dcslro to come to Coos Hny hccnuBO
thcro woto no Immediate prospects of
tho Northwestern resuming its con
struction westward from Lander.
In pnrt, tho Portland Telegram
Bays:
"Many hints hnve been mndo lu tho
Inst wcok or two that Mr. Stovons
would probably mnko n strong bid
for tho construction of moro than ono
of thu numerous lines projected lu
this stnto or In tho Pacific Wester u
states, where tho Northern Pacific,
the Chicago & Northwestern, tho Mil
waukee, tho Oregon Eastorn, thu
Southern Pacific and other impor
tant systems nro operating.
"Ono woll Informed railroad ofTi
clal says ho Is confident that Mr. Sto
vans will play n prominent rolo In
two strategic struggles among tho
rnilrond giants thnt tiro now looming
big on tho horizon. Ono of these Is
tho const-cross fight In which tho
Hnrrlman nnd Northwestern forces
will Inevitably clash and tho other
Is tho mysturloun contest for supre
macy In tho rnca from Eugene to
tho coast nnd down to Coos Hny, In
which tho Southern Pacific and tho
l'nctflc Orcat Western (presumably n
Northwestern project) nro ov lock
ing horns.
"Mr. Stevens knows tho situation
to a dot," said this olllclal. "nnd ho
Is strongly Impressed with tho possi
bilities of rapid development of this
stnto. Anybody thnt knows Mr. Ste
vens knows thnt ho Is not going to
tako a trip across tho continent to
Oregon Just for tho fun of it, nnd
especially lu vlow of tho fnct that ho
hns been enjoying n vacation abroad
for about five months.
"Ho Ib coming to Oregon on 'busi
ness nnd on rnilrond business, nnd
furthermore on big railroad business.
No small projects for him. Ao wo
nil know ho hns Just buckled into tho
harness in a now railroad construc
tion syndicate nnd It Is only rensnn-
nblo to supposo thnt ho would mnko
his first move In n territory that ho
J understands ns woll ns ho doos Ore
gon " .
"Stevens Is oxpectod hero botween
Tn.i....Mi 1PI A...1 OH llnu. I.i.tfv lia
I uiiiiiiiii i , (iiiu mu. ttisr luiiu lu
win remain is uncertain.
EAST AND WEST LINE.
Contract Let For Another Section of
New Oregon Railroad.
VALE, Ore, Jnn. C. Nows wns ro
colved hero that tho contrnct for tho
building of tho enst end of tho Ore
gon Eastern railroad, from Odoll to
Dog Mountain, hns boon let to Kll
pntrlck llros., n largo construction
firm which hns boon doing, tho mnjor
pnrt of tho railroad work for tho
Union Paclflc. Tho Kllpntrlck com
pany's hendqunrtors nro located nt
Ileatrlco, Nebraska.
Threo camps started work on tho
eaBtorn end of tho Orogon Eastern
last weolc In tho Mnlhour canyon, but
henvy crows will not bo pluced In
tho ennyon until tho 12 miles of rond
fro mthln city nro built to tho mouth
of tho canyon. Tho sottllng of tho
custom connecting point of tho now
trnns-Orogon road makes Vnlo tho
great lmporluiit hendquartors of con
struction crows, tho much tnlkcd-of
cutoff from Parma, Idaho, to tho
mouth of tho Mnlhour ennyon hav
ing been abandoned as por agreomonfi
secured by tho cltlzons of Vnlo with
Chief Strndley, at Salt Lnko City, a
fow days ago. Tho peoplo of Vnlo,
Ontario nnd Nyssn will pay tho extra
cost of tho 12 miles of right-of-way
from this city to tho canyon, tho
rnilrond compnny ngreoing to pay,
$75 mi ncro.
AS ED. HOWE SEF.S LIFE?
I Thoro's no uso talking; a fnrmop
( enn't Bticceed very well unless ho
luinca 1110 unit miij.
Talk about brothorly lovo as much
I as you plense, peoplo engaged lu tho
Buino business will llo about encu outer.
I No iifo grumbling; peoplo won't
1 net to suit you.
i ,.
' It Is a raro mnn who enn quit eat
ing whllo It Is still tasting good.
No harm can befall n good man,
rrbethur ullvo or duacL-Socratea.
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, Is Its fatal tendency ot pneumonia,
To euro your la grlppo coughs tako
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound.
R. E. Fisher, Washington, Kns., says:
"I was troublod with a sovero nttnek;
of la grlppo that threatoned pnomuo-
nlu. A friend ndvlsed Foloy's Honey
and Tar Compound nnd I got relief
after taking tho first fow doses. I
took threo bottles nnd my la grlppo
wns cured," Get tno genuine, In tho
yellow package RED CROSS DRUG
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