THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1914 EVENING EDITION.
TWO
B B SHORTAGE
DF LIKE
Constant Decline in Number
of Animals Available for
Meat Supply
WASHINGTON. I). C. Feb. 10.
Tlio Indicated total shortage of nicnt
nnimnls Bluro the census of 1010 Is
norrly 0 boof tattle, 7 sheop nnil
ovor 3 lings for ench 100 of the total
estimated prpulatlon of tlic fulled
States In January, till 4, according
to tlic CH'Imntim of tlio department of
agriculture published In t' u Agrlcu'
tural Outlook. This moans tliat It
would take 18,259,000 more metit
cattle, sheep and swine than tlio pptl
mntus show i.' present In tills coun
try, to give tlio present population
tho Banic meit supply Hint the census
of 1010 showed to oxlst.
Tho figures of t.' o present oil
matea compared with tho eonous of
1010 aro as follows:
.Inn. toil Census
(estimate!) 1010
TIcef cattlo. . 3G.8m-.000 11.178.0001
Shoop 10.710.000 r,2. 4-18, 000
Hwlno r.S,033,000 58, ISC, 000
Total moat animals, coiibiih
of 1010 151.812.000)
Kstlnintcd nunibor, January I
1014 111.507.000
TCrtlmntod deeicnso ..... .7,305,000
Notwithstanding tho fact Hint tho
ostltnatoB sFow thoro Ih actually a de
crenso of 7.305,000 fond nnlmAlfl
nlnro the census of 1010. tho estimat
ed farm vn'no of thu cattlo, Bhcop and
Hwlno on faruiH on January 1, 1014.
a? own mi Increase, bccniiBe of high-
or prices, ar follows:
KsHmntod value, J miliary.
1014 $1.030. 0S7k000
Census (1010) $1,53 1,000,000
Increase hi valuation $ 305.IS7.000
Tho Incrcnpit Indicated In duo to
tho fact that the estlnintcs show that
tho farm valuo of hoef cnttlc hiis In
rremo'l from $10.07 to $31. i3 n head
or rt.1.2 per cent, nn nverago pununl
Jnrropro of over 15 per cont. Swine,
havo lneronsod In value from $0.17
to $10.40 pur head, or 13.4 por cont. '
Shcop have decreased from an ostl
mntrd nvorrge farm value of $1.12
In 1010 to' $4 01 In 1011. I
Tho n'ortano of muat nulmalB Ih
probrbly duo to a number of contri
buting caiiHen. Same of tho tuoro Im
portant of those aro:
Tho encroachiuont of farms upon
the range territory.
Tho lark of n propor range leasing
law permitting economical mnnngo
lnont ni'il utilisation of ranges.
Tho Hhortngo In tho corn and for
ngo crcp due to tho sovoro drought
In KniiKas, Nebraska and Oklahoma
In 1013, which caupod tlio fnnnorfl
In those states to dUposo of their
moat anlmrls.
The Increase In tho valuo of laud
and tho Increased coct of labor and
Mock feed, resulting In grontly In
(reused cost of production.
Tho decline In Hto'ckraWtiitf on
farms In the east and south bocauso
of poor innrKotlug facilities, result
ing from inc n y local slaughtering os
tnbllshiiionts hnvlng boon driven out
of IiubIiichs by the competition of
tho meat central snug! torlng es
tablishments of the west and ventral
WCBt.
Tho temptation to sell live stock
nt tlio prevailing high prices rather
than to continue to carry them with
lilgli-prloed stock feed, possible loss
from disease or accident, and un
certain prices ti e following your.
Kli'iiies Oh Mllcli Cow.
Tho estimates ludlcute that the
number of milch cows on farms In
tho Pnlted States Is now 20.737.000,
nn Increaso of nlniit o"e-hnlf of one
por cont over the censin figures of
1010, Meanwhile tho averse farm
nrlco of r'llch ws las Increased
from $35.70 In 1'HO to $53.01, or an
IncrenBP of rn 7 ier cent. On this
bnsls the farm v ue of mllcli cows
now In tho I'nlted States Is estimated '
nt $1,118,187,000 as compared wlthj
nn ostlmnted value In the census year
or $738,184,000, nn lucreiue or
$380,303,000, or an average annual
Increase for four years of $95,075,
000. Iloroe. nnil .Mule i.
The estimate for .lnnuary 1. 101 I.
IndUnte that there are 20.055.000
horses and 1.117.000 mules on!
farm In the United States, nn aver-'
iiko annual liu reave of about 1.1 per
cent over t'io number shown by the
census of 1010. It Is estimated fat
tho average farm price of horses has
Increased from $10 10 In the census'
yonr to $100.33 In .lanuary. 1011.'
anil In the case of mules from $110.
84 to 123.84 In the same period On1
this basis the total farm value of
horses Is $2,201,000,000 and of
mules $550,007,000. The total es-
tlinnh'd farm value of those nnimnls
Is therefore $2,841,007,000, which Is
nn Increase or $101,151,000 ovor the
ceiiBiis jonr and represents an annual
increaso or woul'h innu tnoso sourc
es of $l7.st!3.000.
IBKEi
NOW LISTEN TO ME!
THIS IS OUR BEST APPEAL TO YOU, IF THE SACRIFICE OF PROFITS
AND LOSS HAVE ANY MERCENARY SIGNIFICANCE
OVER YOUR P0CKETB00K
Yoii Will Biy Now or Never
We have decided to close out our entire MEN'S COAT DEPARTMENT
it being thoroughly understood that I pay no attention to the original
cost, so you can rest assurred that if ever you had an opportunity to
buy coats right, you have it now.
Price and Values in Black and White.
SI 2,50
SI 5.00
$18,50
$25,00
Chavenette,
Cravenette,
Cravenette,
Cravenette,
now $5.00
now $6.75
now $7.75
now $9.75
Men's Gabardines.
SI 8,50 Gabardines, now $7.50
S 5,00 Mackintoshes,-now $2.25
$10,00 Mackintoshes, now $3.75
Men's Slip-on Rain Coats
SI 0,00 Slip-on, now ...$3.75
820,00 Slip-on, now ...$8.75
S 5,00 Rubber Coats, now $1.75
$ 3,50 Short Rubber Coats,
now $1.00
R 6,00 Rubber Coats, now $2.75
Three-quarter Oil Coats, ..$1.25
Full-length Oil Coats, now $1.65
Worn
aid
Misses'
Suits and Coats
AT MERCILESS SLAUGHTERING OF PRICES
We will take our loss now, instead of later. If the reduction in
prices will turn this stock into cash; here is the most remarkable re
duction you have ever seen, in the latest and up-to-date Fall and Win.
ter Suits and Coats.
Women's and Misses' Coats
$10,00 Coats, now $4,95
$15,00 Coats, now $95
$18,50 Coats, now T.8.75
$22,50 Coats, now ...".$9J5
$25,00 Coats, now $11.75
Rain Coats
This same reduction prevails
in Women's and Misses Rain
J Coats of every description.
Women's and Misses Suits
SI 5,00 Suits, now $ 6.95
$20,00 Suits, now $8.75
$22,50 Suits, now $9.75
$25,00 Suits, now $11.75
$30 and $32,50 Suits, ..$14.75
Girl's Coats.
One lot of Girls' Coats, now 75c
One lot of Girl's Coats, $1.95
$3,50 Girls' Rain Capes with
Hood, now $1.45
RUSSELL BUILDING
CENTRAL AVENUE
Western Outfitting Co
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Dolls and Toys
I'KOTKST TKIiKIMIONK It.VIKS.
iiMi;T.'Ai.n v v l.'nh n fmu.
plaint iiKiilnst the Federal Telephono
company are Increasing. The com
pany Is now chai'KlUK t'u cents for
niomMKPH which were fonnorly hut
five cents anil (lie citizens are up In I
iirius.
Tho Leiilslatur" or Vlrxln'n and
8011th Carolina tire couslderliiK ad
vmuod forestry U'Rl-latlon.
SrCCICSSI'l'lj HVIJKVWHKHU
l'eople everywhere are talking of
the quick and line r suits Foley
Kidney PIMs lve in bneknclie,
rlieuniHtlsie, kidney Hiid bUdder
t roubles. You can not take them
into your system without good re
mi It. That Is because Foley KMney
IMlls Rive in tlr- kidneys and bind
tier just what nature calls (or to
liosl these weakened aui inactive
organs. Owl l'rescrlution Phurwacy.
Fnnk D. Cohan. Opposite CUaudler
Hotel. IMione 71.
to 30 Per Cent Cheaper
This Year
Wnrnor V. Ojsron, or Norton fc
ilnnseu Company, loft on tho He
dondo yestorday Tor San Francisco
where ho will moot tno ropr sentn
tlves or tlio laro toy mid novelty
K"nds mniiiiricturors from (lurmnny
nnil other lOuropean polntB and
place his ord rs for this year's
kooiK
"I'jIIs and toys or nil kinds vIll
bo twenty to thirty per cont cheap
er this year," .Mr. Onreu remarked
before loavliif;, as a result of tho
tariff roductlons. This fact niidod
to our purchnsltiR direct from tho
factory nieins thnt Santa Clans will
ho very booiI to tho chlldr n or
Coos Hay this yenr." In addition
to dolls and toys, Mr. OKfcu will
also place orders for a lartto lino
or Imported novelty Koods Includ
lux baskets and brlc-a-bac or all
kinds. Hy purchasliiK direct and
"n iiunnMtles. he Is enabled to se
cure prices that would otlurwlso be
unobtainable.
This Is the third year that tho
N'orton & Hansen Company has
purchasod Its toys direct from Hu
ropeau factories and It was prob
nli'y the first firm In Oregon out- j
side or Portland to do business In1
th!s way. The rirm has also round
't Biitlsrictory In ovory way an-i It
has enabled Himii to render a bet
tor seivlce to their patrons.
Stylos chanite In toys as well as I
ladles' tons and undor this nrrnnKe-'
ent tho blldren or Coos Hny Kt
tho vory latest products or Hauta
Clans f'utorlcs Instead of boliiK
compelled to wait n yenr or two ror
the now novelties In flying mn
chlnos and talkliiK dolls and mov-.
Inir plcturo projectors.
Norton & Ilnnson do an oxlon
slvo wholesnlo buslii ss In the toy
and novelty woods lino, Mr. Owren
having nlrcndy booked some largo
orders for this year's dolUory. i
l)H. IIAMIIro.V DKAD
raider of .Imlic-.' llumlltoii Sue-,
i'IipiIim el Ites-'bill't; I
HOSKlll'Hd. Or.. Feb. 10. Dr. S. '
Hamilton, the oldest physician In
Southern Oregon, one of the rich
est men and who had been luoutiuod
with Southern Oregon since lSRil,
l d n the homo of his daughter,
Mrs. Stella Hlchardeon. He wns In
his ekhty-nlnth venr. and enmo
fiom Ohio to California a year or,
so bofore he came to Oregon. Hlsi
wire was Parnli Watson, and they'
were married In nn early day. bhe
died about flft'en years ngo. Sons
and daughters surviving hltn are:
.1. Frank Hamilton, Circuit JuiIra
for Douglna County; Waltor Hamil
ton, a business man hero; Mrs. I nun
Mlcelll, wire or n Portland attorney;
Charles U Hamilton, n nrnctlclng at
torney bore; I.uthor Hamilton, n
physician uinl surgeon In Portlnnd;
Mis. Stella Hlchnrdson, wir or n
Hoseburg ronl estate man, and Mrs.
.lulla Washburno. Dr. Hnmllton
rounded tho Mrst drug store In tho
countv 58 years ago, and tho storo
Is still In existence. During tho last
two veins he has bon an Invalid,
due to old nge.
Be 20 An Eight O'clock Closing
WIVES OUT
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Movement Inaugurated by
Druggists of Marshfieltl
A movement has boon Inaugurat
ed for closing the drug ' stores of
the city nt S o'clock In tho ov nlng,
which is proving popular with the
proprietors or tho different phar
macies. With most of thu other
stores closing nt six o'clock the
druggists feel that thoy are holng
made tho "gouts" In k optpng open
until ten o'clock and stops have
boon tnlton to sccuro united action
In tho matter.
"Not only us n innttor or inoiorn
morchnmllfling, but ns protection
Tor th" public, tho drug stores
should closo earlier," rcmnrked one
druggist today. "A pharmacist fill
ing prescriptions should always bo
alert and clear-brained, but If he Is
kept on duty Into hours ho be
comes physlcnlly weary and errors
nre much more Ilk ly to occur. Ho
sldes thoro Is no good reason either
of business or service thnt demands
druggists to remain open fourieen
to sixteen hours a day. I nm hope
ful that all druggists will Join In tho
movomont, which Is n worthy nn.l
progressive one."
New Regulations in Panama
Will Work for Benefit of
Citizens There
(Ilr Aitocttril I'iym to Coo liar TImm
WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 10.
Only natives or Pnnnmn and Ameri
cans will herenrter bo employed In
, the higher grndes or service on the
Pnnnmn Canal. This rulo will npply
to all who receive moro than $7". per
month or moro than forty cents per
hour. Aliens may ho employed In
those grndes If they linvo occupied
similar positions. during the construc
tion of tlio canal for two yoars or
more. They may nlao ho omplojed
temporarily. Tho eight hour law will
bo applied to all per diem and hour
1 employes nbovo tho grado of labor
ers. uiriTUKK ox Finn i.N(h:hs.
COLUMHUS, O., Fob. 9. Tho sec
retary of the National Fire Protection
Association or Hoston. Mnss.. deliv
ered nn nddress at the Chamber or
Commorco here. Mr Wcntwort) t
n recognized nutiiorlty on lire n
tcctlon, nml Is ciurylng on t
pnlgn of education with thcvlet.
IlklK.iltltlt flu.. l. u.. u I a. V t
roiliiclng flro Insurance ovor iv,
Hulletln No. l or n tcrlcs rezufc,
niu inuivi nun mire uio icilotla
words: "Dd ymi or your employ
know tho location of the fre an
iiox nenresi your uiinn'sT'
Coqiiille River Cod
GUARANTEED FREE OF SLACK AND DIRT AND NOT
TO CLINKER
FULL WEIGHT AND PROMPT SERVICE
COOS COUNTY FUEL CO.
GEO. A. BAINES.
Phone 181-L, 186 Broadway South
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W. It. SCOTT IN CALVIN'S .1011.
Soiitliern Pacific Aniiiiuiuoi New Vice
President Formally.
SAN FRANCISCO. 'Feb. 10. Tho
appointment of W. It. Scott, general
manager of the Southern Pacific com
pany, Pacific system, to succeed IC. K.
Cu vln ns vlco-prosldent In charge or
maintenance, operation and coustrm
Hon, was made here. Mr. Scott will
assume his now duties nt onco, rotnln
liig his former official title, and add
ing to It that or vIce-prGsIdont. Mr.
Cnlvln resigned u short time ago to
boconio general manager of t". o Ore
gon Short Line.
I.lko his predocossor, Mr. Scott Is
a seir-nindo rallrond inun, who stnrt
ed In the engine cnb and worked up.
Ho began as a fireman In issi, and
ascended tho ladder or succoss by
tho various stages of engineer, travel
ing engineer, trainmaster, superin
tendent, generul superintendent nml
geuernl manager.
E
sicouras'insf
The Advertiser
&&
i'iti:i)i:mtiv to roirrraM)
Will He I lr) clocked for Repairs,
Needed Since Striking .Jetty
NKW PORT. Or.. Feb. n Tl,n
drays Harbor Towboat Company's
uiK iTiuier siiiioii wim ,tno unrgo
Frodcrlck In tow, ror Portland.
Tho Frodorlck ran on tho end
or tho Jetty bore on December 13
nml wns badly damaged. She 1ms
been temporarily repaired, until sho
enn bo drydocked at Portland. She
is sun in n vory leaky condition
and llablo to become waterlogged i
bo fore renchim; tlm Pnliimliln i;iv. I
or, It Is reared.
IlKUll'T AMIIUICAN OH,
ship wii, i, m: lai'N'ciiKD
?AN FRANCIFCO, Fob. 0 Tho
oclutod Oil Comnnny's steanior
Frsnk 11. Ruck, the biggest oil
tni'ker to flv tho Amerlrau nag,
mIU be launched at the Futon Iron
Works here. Tho stenmer's olgh
t en tanks will have a ewundty ot
62.000 barrels of oil. Its length
Is 4 1 0 feet and It cast approximate
ly f 1.000.000.
Incente cedar ' proving valuable
ror pIHug on the PncINc Const,
wher marine borers art particularly
troublesome.
Or 000 rires last year on tlio Nat
ional rorosts or Arizona, Now M x
Ico and Oklnhomn, moro thnu one
hair wero cnusod by lightning.
Campors set nbout one-tenth nnd
railroads ono-twontleth.
llACKAClHMHIKr.M.Vn.SM VAN
ISH AWAY.
Mon and woinon having backache,
rbeuiuatlsni, stiff anil swollen Joints
aro honestly glad to know that Fo
loy Klduoy Pills are successful every
whoro In driving out these IPs. That
Is bocnuso Foley Klduoys Pills aro
a truo m?dlclne and quickly ofroctlvo
In nil diseases that result from
weak, Inactive kidneys and urinary
Irrogularltlos. Owl Prescription
Pharmacy. Frank D. Cohan. Oppo
slto Chandlor Hotel. Phone 71.
If newspaper advertising leads you to some purchase or trans
action that results to your advantage, or if it points tlio way to
easier and more comfortable shopping and business dealings
in short, if it in any way works to your advantage, why not tell
the advert her so, if an opportunity offers?
If the advertiser is business-like and progressive enough to
place his proposition within your reach through tho columns of
The Times, ho deserves to be encouraged. lie should know that
your patronage at least was secured by means of his advertising in
The Times.
Without a doubt any one of our advertisers would bo glad to
know that you have benefited by his announcements and would
welcome your ideas and remarks upon that very important part
of his business.
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