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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 19U-EVEHING EDITION.
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ED
GHAS. I. SMITH
i IS STRICKEN
i i
IS
5 D
EDISON'S LATb
A slorane battery (la,
over cIiiii-kIiik Mill no.?
DOES NOT COmtOto
CONTAINS XO Ari
Will not lose llH c,Jt
standlnjj j,j'
IS OUAltANTKKi) vfi
Coos Bay Wiring
J 53 ltrnnihriiy. f
AuentN for Pmi ., nl
5
c y
B HUGE IVES
WILL BE FREED
)
Judflc Childs Tells Historv cf Pjonr Rancher of Ke tuck
Cooliclcje-Van Pelt Feud in i Inlet Succumbs to Paralysis
i'.nrrv Rnnntv ' Daughter Here
PORTLAND, Or.. Jan. 5. "No
Chin. T. Smith, a resident of Ken-
tuck Ink't, and one of the host
Stacje From Umpqua Meets
Heavy Seas Sheriff Gage i
Loses Hat in Heavy Gale
Passengers mining In bv w.i- "f
nrnln anil Gardiner Fr'dnv ie-
i)l me uuni . ...... .1 i.. i t h
jury hi Curry County will ever find own j-lonoo,. rnn.-l.er. of the Coos! .'" ,7wn. o no n .."' '
Riley Cooley Ku)lty of the murder Hay tllmrlc-t. died Saturday i.Ir it J , "" Ir, "' . rVerlen. ...i. j I
or Tiio.n-s van I'eit. "' ,,,D "" "" ".'.v r ., Pcvernl times tliti s't.Ke wn mm-
John L. Child. JudBP of the Su- nc" r imrnlynlii. Ills Ion h was ,Ie(I ,r, p.nke ft ,,,,;, ,, f0 ,,.
jiorlor Court of lie! Norte County. " unexpected, an ho had been ,,, , k r the l(l,n(., , nvoll, iK-
California, who In to be chler rotin-;"" " """-
sol for the man who has been "ad ueen helple.
brought bnrk to Clold Dear, charged l. Smith e;tleJ on hl ranch lit
with a crlm committed sixteen 1! and developed the property
yearn ago. stated hi belief In Cool- Into "e of the beat In that section.
oy b innocenre in these words at e w "e m me urn w iiuruuure
the linperlal Hotel.
Ins swamped by the huge milu.-s
breaking at high tide.
S'.ierlff Gagt, who was rettiniir,
fi'uni 5n1i.ni nflne fnklilff .1. U l.i l-
ttm to tho penitentiary to sen.- Ii. b
sentence for cmueMliiig the riii.K
the power boat on Coo Buy. having i... .ti.in i. i,i ..n.w.,...i P
I am quite familiar with the ""-tired one ..f the earliest powor ,b,nc,k mMu tho KUgt 0f nd .ind'B
whole case." reminisced the Judge. on'" put out. It wa not a great
"r 1,-iia nit tim i.rin. i..n. in I. in. success, but soon afterward Or. Mr
nstmicli ni for several years 1 taught Corm.ie got a more Improved one
school at Cold Ueich. I arted as "ml " ;n only a few years until jgJpll (lum
counsel for the van Pelt at tiie "ie hhboihib buiiuui lopinreu me
time of the original shooting, wtilch row-boats In this section, nearly
started the famous Coolldgo-Van, every rancher having a power boat
M eoiidi not be located, lie ic-p rs i B
that the waves were running hljiiinfe
up ou the beach than he hax vi , r
Poll feud.
'of bis own.
"t.u. u-iinin nffnif ni-fo.. ni n r.i. Jr. Miiitii was sevoiii.v-nvo years
suit of a dlmgreeiiient between Al 'l " w" "rn In Mnland. In
Coolldge. on one hand, and the Van Ills onrly yearh he followol the son
Tell family, on the other, over somo nd Inter engaged In mining In Cal-
proporty rights In which thev were Ifornla. and cnnie to Coos Hay first
Jointly Interested. A sawmill wns I" 18(17. In ISO!) lie took up n
tho direct ennse of the dispute. (Tie homestead on Kentuck Inlet.
Van I'olts plekliiR tho machinery up October 10. US I. ho and Miss
bodily one night and moving It to Mary Anderson were married In San
n'pleco of woods ncrosa Iho Callfor- Francisco and cnnie to Coos Hay
3,a uno lo mako their home. Thoy are
Mill AflcnvnnN Found survived by four children. "Irs.
Coolldgo afterward found It. but Jns. K. Parker, of Loon l.nke; Sl.er-
Jt was never moved and wns finally man and Klfrlda Smith, who reside
sold for Junk for nbout $10. This at home, and .Miss Annie Smith, who
Incident culminated In tho shooting Is employed In the offices of V. U.
of both Al Coolldge. generally cnll- DoiikIkh In Marshflold.
mi nnrlnv. niul Thnmns Van l'elt. .Mr. Smith was most hlcbly re-
Klley Coolldge, as a friend of the snectod by nil who knew bin. nnd t
Cooley fsinliy, is now accused oi . ueniii win ue Krenuj- rcKmuuu,
murdering Van 1'olt." 't'ho funeral will bo held at 2
Tho Coolldge-Van Pelt feud was o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the
TI'Kitfeantl of salmon are rep "'
ed being driven ashore in the gnle
of Friday and the people ar
rlvl.u on the stage state tli.it one
vso which went high on the slum'
left eve. a hundred big sain i.i
m niggling high and dry after il
breaker receded.
Sheriff (luge arrived In the city
hntloss last night, and the stores
being closed, he was presented win
a Steson sombrero by Or. K. I'.
Straw In romembrnnie of his lively
trip down the const. Sheriff Ongo
left on the morning train for Co-qiilllo.
I"
FINISH OF ANDF.ItSOX
.Mo i-o
lie
one of tho most sonsntlfinitl ever Mnrshfleld
staged In Orogon. It had nil tno inurcii
nlcti.resoiieness of an ltallnn veu-
dottn, enncted In n lonely nnd thinly
populated section of Oregon some
sixteen yenrs ago when the means of
communlcntinn were fnr more crude
than they nro today, even though
at prosont It Ih necessary to pack
10 miles mulebiick Into Gold llemh.
In n lainl of sinily hills and tlmbcr
near the California line and In n
day when men were quicker to in t
on Impulse then thev are todny,
tho forthcoming Cooley trial re
vives nil the Interest In the original
trouble.
Coolldi Fh-ht Shot.
Al Coolldge, nccoinpanled by au-
Mier man, wiih driving a team to
wnrd the hamlet of Harbor, five
miles north of the California line,
when both men were shot from nm
busb, Curley Coolldgo fell dead In
tho wngon, tho tenm galloping Into
town with his dead body, while tho
Swedish
Lutheran
Ml DONE
NEAR MAPI Flffll
DclnlN of Fight Show
Wan Tricked by Crosi.
A Los Angeles dispatch g'.-es
the following particulars of the
Xow Year's bout of Hud Anderson
and I.enrli Cross, which ondod In
t lie seventh round Instead of the
seventeenth round, the Western Vil
lon evidently having balled up the
messages about the fight coining
here:
"That Hud Anderson Is through
as a lightweight Is the unanimous
opinion, of fans who saw hi in fall
heforo I.each Cross In the seventh
round of their scheduled 20-round
Imt'le Xew Yeir's. The lad tins
loHt none of his popularity, but his
friends think he Is foolish to try
to reuinln among tho little fellows.
"For hours Anderson lny In stonm-
Inir hot blankets undergoing the
"drylng-out" process, but even then
Last Camp Closed Near Acme! was mmbie to mnkc the weight.
When he ontored the ring he was
Bad Weather StOPS Work Hodden, pasty-faced nnd pnlufully
slow. Ills future plans arc Indoflu-
on Railroad Tunnels
lie.
Jan.
Cross leavus for n mountain trip,
- 1i.1 lemming uuru in iiiuv tu nieei
either
Jack Hrittou
KI.OIIUXCH, Or..
1 ITNI HIIVM .
Krnriinin iimu ...i... i ...on February
.'v...,.w... .....r.,, ,.,,,, ll.l.u ( 1,111- I ,,.. .,,...l..l.... t .. .!...... , ,1.
., iiitui niiiiiiim iiuiit'i nun n iui.'iii
.loo Ulvors or
no
other man, pnlnrully wounileil, roil i unci ror grading on Hie railroad near' ,,"". ," "'"'?,; ;," i. .V.
from tho vehldo nnd crawled Point Terrnco hnvo flnhihed thoir "'" for l o roi ids Cross le the
thrniiRl. tho brush to scok aid. work and paid off their men. ??,iforAJn,L.:S vull ... 1
Tho Van Pelt family wore lmmo- This Is the last of the camps to'f" !' . , ,0, '"' "'" .J."1'" '. t.;,,e
dlntely nccused of tl.o killing and close down botwoon Acino noil Miiplo-.K'rrn.
wnrrnnts Issuod for their arrost' ton. '"? c,OB8...fol.Kl.,el t-inKPl"""- An-
jsovon of thou.. They escaped to
'the hills, however, nnd there seomeit
to be "0 chance of getting them,
;nlthoiiRh ovory avnllablo citizen was
mnde n Ooputy Sheriff. Judge
Childs, who Is now lo defend Cooley,
wns held up by tho nngry towns
people and prevented from comninii
lentlng with tho Van Pelts. Ho
finally inmlo his way to them, how
ever, and porsundod tlioni to come
In from the hills and vivo them
selves up,
Idersnn wnlkod Into the trap, piling-
With Mi., ovcniitlnn nt n IIMln fin. "lursoil wumetl mill Hie imp, IMII1IK-
Inir a for l.o l.H III 1 , ,, It .hmln nftor Cl08R wlth 1,,a K,"ml w,,,
MS xhliasrth p'ec-eH1 sx 2j, snrZoueTi
max, "imuko," iti:w.itni:i.
One piece Is at Mnplutnu mid tl.o .i... ni,t i..'.. A.,.i....un. ..,.. .....
fllllm lu ill Hnllif rliiirn.n tu... .
S..xieiiil Tunnel Woik.
Work nt Tunnel Xo. II on the rnll
rond between South Slough and Map
le Crook was suspended Wednesday
evening. Wo have not I our nod when
operations will start again. Camp I
at the north end of the tunnel wns
Seven In number, they cnnie luto f rionotl a week or two ago. hut work
wu nnd surrendered. 'Iho call.-, WHI1 ,.,0, nfCmnp 0 till the end
tow
booso of thoso prlmluto dnys wus
i of Oucombor.
fftf l.'!!:,"!!1,"!!. ," 'rrn.,""!:!1 W of the supplies worn taken to
lly audi they wero lodged lu the
local hotel. Somo were given em
ployment splitting wood and ono
was even permitted to carry the
United Stntes mull.
Van Pelt Killed Xexl.
Flnnlly, through the kludnoss of
tho lornl Judge, they were allowed
to return to their homos on their
own recognisance. Shortly thereaf-
Camp I mid left lu i-hnrgo of a
watchman The lost weie 'taken to
Gardiner by tennis yesterday and will
he used by the crews u that vicinity.
On account of bad roads tho con
tractors hnvo found It utmost liu
pnstiihlo to get timbers to tho tunnel
us fast as they are needed. The
mound at the entrance has moved
. i'iw,.,.nu v.iii ini una kiiiu.1 some and this mnde It necessary to
while working near his own home, "so more timber than was expected
Tho others were never brought to i al first.
trial. With tho heads of the two
warring houses both dend. the biuk XOTICI-: TO COXTIIACTOIts
of tlm feint wns broken. The fain- I. Ids will be received for repair-
Hies hae lived on during iliU per- inu plnsterod walls and retlntlng all J
lod side by side with apparent good rooms ou two upper noois or ions
feeling mid an Intention to ell It Pul'ding Cnll at once on Geo. II.
quits." lltotiior nt Woob n Mill St re.
W
Here's a Noteworthy Fact
About khe Live Store
and its Service
wirm: rF.vrriuxt; xot t.xi.v ntvi.k ix a mi'i.tiTiof
OF PI,:.SI.(J PATl'KHXS, lll'T COOl) TAII.OItlXti IXSIDK A.M.
Ol'T.
VOC'1,1, FIND A Fl'1,1. MKASl'lli: OF SATISFACTION' IX (It'll
O LOT I IKS.
Kuppenheimer Suits $18.00 to
$30.00 Other Suits $8.50 to $18.00
ONLY ONK PltlCi: LT. TIIK TI.MK. TIIK SAMK LAST YKAII,
TIIF SAMi: THIS M:ll. Till; SAMK YKSTKIIDAY, TOOAY
AND Ni:T WKKU.
l.KT IS FIX Xn I P I.N IIXl'P SllT.
Tugboat Ciiptnlii lllscl.iu-ged, Tlcn
Ite-e.igiigeil WIUi l(i.lc In Pay.
XKWPOHT. Or.. Jan. 3. To be
discharged and ro-hlred nt nu In
rretise of $23 n month lu one dny
wns the experience of Captnln A.
Krlcksoii, muster of tho tugboat L.
Koscoo. owned by Portor Hrothers,
Portland contractors, following a
uuiubor of mishaps lu which the Kos
coo figured heroically.
Captnln Johnnsen, master of the
bark Sausallto, now at Florence, nr
rlved In Xowport to rollovo Captnln
Krlcksoi. of the command of tho Itos
roo. The ontlro crow of tho Koscoo
quit In sympathy with Krlckson. who
hud saved the bargo Frederick re-,
cently. nftor It drifted on n Jolty In I
a wild sea. Captnln Johnnseu visited
the llfesavlug station and heard nbout
tho bar conditions mid then talked to
various Xew port citlxens and decided
that he had not the nervo to tnko
command of the Kococ.
Krlckson then recolved a tologramJ
ordering mm to resume command or
the Koscoe. This ho refused to do
without an increaso In salary, which
was granted.
Hit. W. A. TOYK lias nimcil Ills
! denial ofi'lce I'liim the KLDOKADO
IU'1 1,1)1 G lo ItOOMS 'JO I and U0.1
jlltVI.NC HUILOIXG, llioailway, Ceil-
tin I.
XOHCK TO PFULIC.
I will bo absent from Coos Itnv
1 until nbout Junuury 20. hut will then
j be prepared to rush nuy kind of
roofing. J L. MUCK.
Marsh field.
FIXUP
North Bend.
TWO STORES
Representing the House of Kuppenheimer
Phone 233-L.
THKUK'S OXLV ONK MACIUXK
THE SINGER.'
OXLY OXK KKPKKSKXTATIVK
W. J. RITZ
Phone UH0-X.
Send Your Laundry
to Us By Parcel Post
UK FLUXISH A 1JAO AXD V1LL
PAY TIIK POSTAGK OX ITS
KKTl'HX.
Coos Bay Steam Laundry
Phone 57-J Marshfield
It pays to trade where
"Money Talks"
Notice the difference
between cash and credit
Hub Clothing
& Shoe Co.
Marshfield
Barulon
Myrtle Point
MnzsasxHascsaHiiEKaszEJi
WILLAMKTTK-PACIFir MOTOK KVICK.
Cnr lenves Central iiveiuie, .Mnrshfleld, every thirty minutes, be
ginning at 11:30 n. m., to 0:30 p. in. Leaves Xorth Head ovory
thirty minutes beginning C: lu a. in. to 9:15 p. in.
Fares: Ono way, 15c: Kound trip, 25c.
EANDON BY THE SEA
THE CITY OF 1 HE FUTURE
A 1-"KW TUX ACUK TIIACTS FOL'K MILKS SOFTH O.N
COUX.TY KOAI. $:W PKIt ACItKi 9100 CASH, IIALANCK
TWO VKA1IS. XO IXTKItlCST, XO TAX US, FIXK SAXDV
LOAM, LKVUL IIUXCI1 LAND.
Buy One It Will Make You Money
Donald MacKiinitosh
ItUAL USTATU
ml
IXHUItAXOK.
FREIGHT S. S. HARDY
Ciiii-.VIi.k freight only. Itctmvu Coos May mid San Fimiclxcn.
Sails froiii Coos Itay, .Inn. li. 10, ill), Fchriiury lit nnd 27. Sails
from Sun Fi-uticl-co .Inn. I), 1M, Feb. O and U(l. F. S. DOW, Agent.
Ocean Dock.
KQl'IPPKD WITH WIIUCLKSS.
Steamship Breakwater
ALWAYS OX TI.MK
SAILS FltOM MAItSHFIKLD:
SAT., .IAN. :t, I p. in.
SAT., .IAN. to, 7.:io a, in.
SAT., ,IAX. 17, I'-'.ilO p. in.
SAT., .IAX. a I, 7.itO u. I...
SAT., .IAX. ill, 10.00 n. in.
SAILS FKOM POItTLAXI):
TL'KSDAY, .IAX. 0, p. ut.
Tt'KSDAV, .IAX lit, 8
Tl'KSDAY, .IAX. till, 8 p. in.
TCKSD.VY, .IAX. U7, 8 p. ill.
Tickets ou sale to all KiinUtii points and Inforinntloii as lo routes
mid ivies cliecrfiilly fiiiuUlicil.
Phono Main i!5-L. P. L. STKHLINO. Agent.
S S. ALLIANCE
KL'IPPKD WITH WlltKLKSS.
SAILS FROM MARSHFIELD FOR EUREKA
THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, AT 12 NOON.
ROUND TRIP, $18.50.
Connection with the Xoitli llaiik Itoail at Portland.
Xorth Pacific Steamship Company.
Phone II.
C. F. M'OKOIKJK, Agent.
S. S. REDONDO
SAILS FOR SAN FRANCISCO FROM MARSHFIELD
SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, AT 2 P. M.
San Francisco office, 80.1 Flfo llldg., or Lombard St. Piers Xo. 27.
luter-Oceaulc Transportation Co., C. V. McOeorge, AgL, Phono 1 1.
Abstracts, Real Estate,
Fire and Marine Insurance
TITLE GUARANTEE & ABSTRACT C0., Inc.
HEXUY SEXGSTACKEX, Miinaper
FAItM, COAL, TIM.I1UI; AXD PLATTIXO LAXDS A SPECIAIIY.
(JKNKKAL AOKXTS KASTSIDK
MAItSHFIKLD OFFICK, PIIOXK M-J.
COQUILLK CITY OFFICE PIIOXE 101.
. w. V
1L
I
jYOU AUTO CALL
: FOR FnnTPo
l.'o.i.' Kood ciii-m will. vajJ
Imii- day service. ,10J
'"" I'mi;
llhiuco Hill
l'M- nlBlit service. ihJ
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IT. .1. SCAIFK J,."it
I Marshfield SJ
I DECOIUlf
. i ......I . . . i
i I.1IIIMIIUM llliniMlF
Phone illMKI. Mai-lint(,
.Mmpliy's Dnuiiii" .r,i
lli-gliiiiKers' 1..4 ch,i,
Tuesday ovcuIiik untl'
notlco. Private 1imom
polntmeiit. Plioup iCnrl t
phy, Instructor, j !) r.-L, j.
373 Sixth street South.
Commutatioj
Tickets $2.0i
.MAIISIIFIKLD-XOItTII I1D
LINK.
Cars every ten minutes fnJ
to iu::io p. in.,
GORST & KING,
TIIADK AT
S. S. JENM1
XOUTII lll'.XI),
I
AXD SAVK MO.MlP
HAVE THAT ROOFf
NOW
See CORTHEU
Phone 3171.
Ir--
Pidures&Fra
Walker Stud
(CITY AUTO AXD TAXH
A now taxlrnb has ti
my auto service. Carefi
' Will ko anywhoro nt onyt
I Hlnnco ClKnr Store Dij;
, Night phone 130-X.
1 TOM COODM.K. I'wi
IIAVI3
Barnard & Laopj
FIOl'IIK OX j
YOL'lt KLi:cTmc.'1ii
DHOP IX AXD SKf
BIG GAM!
IX TIIK HOWLING TOO
I Chatterton'sjfl
NORTH FRONT Jjjl
I
J. N. BayH
' Chimneys
I
I
Any kind of brick w
that are rlgbt-
AND ALL WOHK C,m
Call lllllyer'H Clptr
No. in-J-French
ItaiiKC.s.
V
THE ItKCOHI) PIIOl'OOHAPIIINO AUSTHACT COMPANY
Hate photographic copies of all records Coos County to date,
abstracts of tltleB, present owners, or any other Information relating
to real estate furnished on short notice.
UUS1NKSS OFFICE; 117 North Front St., Mnrshfleld. Phono 151J
W. J. RUST, Manager
FA.MTLY nrNNERS
In our new location, we are es
pecially prepared to cater to family
trade. Regular meals or short or
ders. Open day and night.
MERCHANT'S CAFE.
Broadway sod Commercial Mfld
STOCKINGS,
Pickaninny Stockings for Hoys nnd
Girls
Tho Best Wearing Stockings on the
Market.
Sold al
The Electric Shoe Store:
180 So; Eroaihvayi
South Coos
River Bo
n.i ..n XprliM
liogu leaven '",
head of river at
turning In oveuiue.
steamer uuium-
oiuaiuor "" I
head of river nt i .,
roturnlng leaves N"'
p, ni
12 p, ni.
ItOGER
MMMMpM,M
ItOGERS & &
LET US 0
YOUR ABSTIU
...... .t n. D CO.
XlllO V llli" j.kkl
j.icdlnto service, VT
tion to all I'""":
cllcutsj- .Minnu"
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I. S. Kaufman