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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1914 EVENING EDITION.
SIX
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COOS W IS
FICTION SCENE
Peter B. Kyne Weaves Ro
mance Around Incidents
in This Section
Coos Bay Is now taking n loading
plnco nB bcciicb In boiiio of tlio re-
font Pnclflc Const fiction stories.
I
UNO OUT TODAY
Arrives From Eureka This
Morning and Sails for
Portland
Tlio Alliance nrrlved In this morn
Miu from Eureka and Balled n fow
hours Inter for Portland. Slio had
Part of tho nlot is being Inld lioro n good list in nnu a mrgo oui-going
nnd some of tlio Irions nro from Coos usi.
liny lnctalontB. embolllBhed by tlio Thoso arriving on tlio Alllanco
authors Hint It Is n llttlo difficult from Euroka woro James Ilcfldon,
to rccognlzo thorn. O. Vnn Lou, Loulo Van Lou, Wm.
In tho January SuiiBct. Peter II. Vnn Lou. Goo. Van Lou, J. A. Gll-
ICyno has n story on "Tho Top of lesplo, Ed Gillespie, h. Nouhnus, W.
the MaBt," In which Coob Hay has . Egglcston, James Allen, W. L.
a leading scone. Incidentally ho Thompson, Q. Mllllngor, 11. 1.
built tho story pnrtly out of tho Wheeler, II. D. Colin.
l,aFranco Insurance swlndlo, J. C. Those sailing from hnro for Por.t-
IaFranco bolng arrested last spring land on tho Alllanco woro:
at Coqulllo for having substituted J. nnfok. J. IC. Vobbor, J. 1-arris,
nnothor body for his own nt Port- Uruco McDonald, Chas. T. Myers,
land and then had his wlfo collect S. Montgomery. Mrs. S. Montgom-
rfho Insurnnro money. In tho samo cry. S. A. Whitney, Mrs. S. A.
story, tho Czarina disaster Is used Whltnoy, A. Fnrrar. P. SwntiBon,
t n linaln for n nlilnwrnrk. ilnnrrlhnil C. L. Mnvo, II. M. Kallll, L(l McBB-
In the story ns happening on tho "or, E. L. .Tones, Mrs E. . Jones,
Coos Day bar. ' C. Wotalen, Joo Glenn, Tony
In nnothor story Kyno uses Cnpt.'Kcroka, I). La Var. D. Molina. .Too
Olson's rcseuo of pnrt of tho crow Lingo, P. Loot, K. Gulsn, Edwin
of tho Mnrconi In tho breeches ."oylo nnd Mrs. E. Boylo.
buoy.
Kynno lives nonr Dr. T. J. Mc-1
Cormac on San Prnnclsco liny, anil
tho two hnvo boon together con
jetalcrnblo recently, nnd It Is believed I
thnt he hts used snmn or Dr. MP'
Cormnc's tales of Coos Day ns In
spiration for tho fiction.
MESSNER TAKEN I
TO PORTLAND
Il
CONFERENCE ON
TRADE BILlSi
NO DATE FIXED
E
Interstate Commission Meas
ure Taken up at Meet
ing Today.
(nr Am ltis l'n-M In Viim ll Tlmi. I
WASHINGTON. D. C, Pol). 11.
Tho Interstnto trade coiiiiiiIhhIoii 1)111
nnd ninny amendments to It propos
ed by lVspubllcans and Democrats
alike, woro discussed nt n White
IIouso conference today botweon tho
President nnd members of the Sonnto
Comiuttteo on Interstnto Commerce.
Chnlrmnu NowlnudH said tho iiinnnd
incut proscribing the powers of tVo
Morrison and Others Want It
Early and Commissioners
Favor May
(Speclnl to Tlio Times.)
COQUILLE, Or., Fob. 11. At n
late hour this afternoon no decision
had been nnnouncod rolntlvo to tho
dnto of holding tho speclnl oloctlov
to vote on tlio Issunuce of $ 1 1 0.000
of good roads bonds In Coos county.
The matter was bolng nrgued,
President .Morrison of tho Coos Coun
ty Good llonds Association, A. L. Os
ier of Hrtalge, nnd a few others urg
ng that tlio election bo called' as soon
ns posslblo.
Tho county commissioners nppoar
ngroed with .ludgo llnll that It would
bo slninly wnstlng $:I000. tho cost of
i holding n special election, If tho oloc-
Former Athlete is Mentally
Mentally Unbalanced Lo
cal Moose Take Charge
ltnvlng about different deals ho
wns nbout to make, with his arms
strapped to a bolt, and In company ,
with J. C. Woldou, appointed by tho i
local lodge of Moose ro sco that tho t
man Is properly handled, J. C. Mcss-
ner was taken to Portland today to
be transferred to nn asylum for the
lnsnne.
On Mondny Chlof Cnrter noticed
tho man on tho streets tictlng In n
peculiar mnnnor, and! after talking
with him for n fow moments decided
to hnvo him examined. Messncr was
removed to the Mercy Hospital, where
ho was attended by Dr. Housoworth,
who adjudged tho mnn Insane. Tho
offlcors of tho locnl Mooso lodgo
wired McBsncr's people, who live at
Portland, and they naked thnt ho bo
sent to Portland Immediately. Hen
Piatt, n roommate of Mcssnor, first
noticed that Mb friend' was affected
on ldBt Friday evening when Mcssucr
nwnkc about midnight complaining
thnt he could not sleep. Ho paced
tho floor all night tnlklng nbout largo
business propositions ho was about to
close.
Wax An Ath'eto.
Mcssnor, prior to his coming to
Coos Hay, resided nt Maker City, Or
egon, where ho distinguished himself
ns nn all 'round athlete, entering rac
es and ovents nB t' o "dark luirso"
and usunlly carrying nwny all hon
ors. When doing track work he nev
er showed signs of being mentally nf
fectcd. Ho had been employed at
Lando's during tho flro sale.
TAKES 0
IN KINNEY CASE
Judge Harris Re-appoints Wat-
ters Receiver and Gettins
As Guardian
tl J tin.. In ... lw.1.1 .. It.n tint.., thtt.i .. a I. T
commission to proceed with Its In- '". '" " , ' , ."" l ",,','
vestigntlous only by duo process of
law and deciding to establish tho
Jogal rulo of gathering evidence wnH
tho innln topic boforo the conference.
Sonators Llppltt nnd Oliver wero tho
only Itepubllcaiis who attended. Tln'y
1old tho President they would con
jtluuo to ro-operato with the Demo
rratH In f rain lug legislation. Oliver
nnd' Llppltt want tho trade commis
sion's powers limited to prevent tt e
publication of the affairs of any In
nocent corporation nnd would hnvo
tho law guard against Illegal nonrch
or seizure. Chalrmnu Nnwlnnds
naked Sonntor Oliver to draft such
nn amendment. Further conferences
will take mi tho regulation of hold
ing companies.
COQUILLE HANK ELECTION
At n recent meeting tho following
officers wero r -olocteil for the year
1014. to attend to tho business of
tho First National Hank of Coqullle:
President, A. .1, Sherwood; vice
president, It. E. Shluo; cnBhler,
JU II. Hazard; assistant cashier, O.
O. Sanford. Coqulllo Herald,
K. P. NOTICE.
Ail Knights of Pythias aro re
quested to meet at tholr hall Thurs
day nt ! a. in. to attend luo funorul
of Hrother Loren II. Collvor.
Tho Alert will loavo nt in for
South South Coos Itlvor cemetery.
Myrtlo Lodge No. a, K. of P., will
hold services at the grave,
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Tho mnttor will probably bo decid
ed tomorrow.
PLAN TO BOY
Judgo Harris, at a special session
of circuit court nt Coqulllo today re
appointed V. E. Wattors receiver of
D. Kinney proportion ami
P. K. Gettins of Mnrshneld
guardian nd lltoin for Major Kinney.
Those uppolutments were made In
tl.e now enso. Further action could
not ho tnlton nt this time owing to
fnllure to rervo all the notices In tho
rnso promptly. Thirty or sixty days
must elnpso before any docroo can bo
entered In tho case nnd until thou
nn notion towards tho snlo or disposal
of the property can ho taken by
uocolvor WntterH.
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How Afeout a Raincoat
Just take a lookfat the showing in one
of our front windows
A $12.50 Raincoat
for
An $18.00 Raincoat
$
A $30.00 Raincoat
.75
,., 10
Eight, Others to Choose from at
$Qj5 $11:25 $1 $1C-55 $1g $1Q-85 $21 $2
NOTE :
These Prices Are for Three Day's Selling
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
"Money
Talks55
MYRTLE POINT
Clothing
(Uh Shoo
Company
MARSHFIELD
Illlb
"Money
Talks"
BAND0N
ttiitrwsmansxa&m&fsewiBgmjmvsiil
TO DEBATE M
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PIPES MUSE
BE II iimn
sunt. Tiodsen or tho Mnrs.uieid Rebellion In Sylvia Pank-
nursrs suffranette Army
Over Smoking
High School has boon advised that
tho Marshllold High School delmtors
. will debate tho High School team nt
Klamath Kails for tho Southern Ore
gon chnmploiishlp. Tho dato has not
been fixed. Tho victor of this debnto
i'lr .w laiM l'rr. lo Cora ll7 Tlmm.)
Presbyterians to Utilize For
mer Episcopal Edifice
for Hall
The Marshllold Piesbylorlnn
(lunch Is negotiating for tho purch
ase of tho old lOplscopal church
building with n view to moving It
nnd converting It Into n social hull,
kitchen nnd dining room for congre
gation functions.
A mooting1 of tho Kplscopul lleetory
board him boon railed for Friday ov
eulug to consider tho proposition.
No nrlco has boon fixed yot. The old
church Is of no uso to tho Kplscopnl-
IniiB now as they hnvo kitchen nnd
hull quarters In tho basement of tho
now church.
nvo vnur Job
In Tho Times.
printing no no nt
ROYAL
Baking Powder
S
aves
Health
and
Saves Money
td
In Hin nuiMntlnw. .liulim U'nllr. ll CUIIUWl lor HIIIIO I10IIOIS.
through his ronppolntiuent. will ha' ,., Uie Manujllold tmun will o o
nblo to proceed with n lot of pro-l Kln"1" n,l(l will nrolmlily
ainiliiHilos that woul have to ,P , nko tho trip out ovorlnnd nnd re
Kono tlroujfh nnd ..ouhl be propnr-' t,'r", vln San iTauelsco. It Is export
ed to prooeod rapidly with the dl.-! " t""t the district debate w 1 bo tho
poval of tho Klnnoy propertloM nnd I '""w lrt or JInrcli and tho stato
the settlonioiu of tho elnlnis nfter tho I COIltot in .My.
thirty or sixty days o'npso. which I , ,' " ' '"' "IIo";
will remove any obstacle to his up-' .I.r'1 ' i" arnnnlB of the Marsh-
liviti Itlli.ll Wlllltri iuuiii HUD LVUUII
oil. "If wo nro not r'lowed tofwl
wo will not conio hero again," u
quit tho meeting.
ciasn oviut daxci- ;
Trouble Itelwcen Devotee at .n
nml Old Dunces Xner!
NKW YOHIC, Fob. 11. -Tie f i
uinhlnn Cnuimnndory, KnlghtiTtu
Inr, will hold a celebration ot a
lOTith anniversary of tlio org:t!a
tloti tonlglit; and havo Lcen dclti'i
serious iirohlem In regard toducij
In respect to those who uellrect(
In tho two-stop and waltz, tnt
stop nnd tango would have to
barred. To please tho younjwr
nnd bo really up to tlio mlnnte.lS
waltz and two-stop would bivt
o. Tho ronimltteo appointed J
Bortlo tho voxlng question prouJt
LONDON', Fob. 11. Mutiny broke
out todny In the so-cnllod People's I
Army, rormeu rrom tho lowest clns
sos In tho Knst Knd of Loudon by
Miss Sylvia I'nnkVurst, nftor her so-! self nblo to copo with tlio eltmtJa
roMlon from the Woman's Snelnl nnd , nnd their solution Is sure toUn3
Political Union. Somo of tho men factory to evory ono, Have In W
started smokliiK puiiBont shnR to-' rooms nnd two bnnds! OnerooalJ
hacco In clny pipes at tho meotliiR. old-fashionod dancing nnd the otU
wnon toiu to desist tho mon rotort- for modem dances.
ni.ri.ii.1
polntmeut
Judgo Wattors' hnnd wns flxod at
?:!., Out) under the new uppolutmeut.
RU STORES
CLOSE EARLY
u chnlleiiRO from tho Gardiner Indc-
pendont basketball team and wlil
play thoro Saturday night. The (5ar
dluor team will pay the expenses of
the Mnruhfleld High School team on
the trip.
BUTfl SERVICE
ALONG COAST
I
all .(;m:i: to clo.sim:.ulv i.v
KVi:.IX(JS AMI SIIOIITKIt
HOl'US ON SL'NDAV, IlKtllN
NIN(J FKimi'AHV in.
All of the Mnrshflold drug storos
today signed up tho onrly-eloslng
agreement.
under tho now schcIulo which
will go Into effect February 15. tho
drug stores will eloso nt eight
I o'clock weok dnys, nt U::i0 Saturday
nights and nt 10 o clock pny-uay
nights, Tho Sundnv hours nrovldo
for tho drug storos to bo open from
9 to 11 o'clock In tho morning and
Those sign ne he , neoment nro Tho motorcycle trip wns mndo up
P D Cohin of the Ownffmai llie bonch without much difficulty.
V'. M. Pa sno8fo "fhom.sV'co' SS? 'r.-1: "' 7,nn 110' ...ctlng
v p nimii. nf ti.R iio.i ProR. ii. onB incrosBing a renius nnd creoks,
Valentine Greetings
For many years pnst wo havo provided Coos Day pco
plo with VALKNTINKS theso years of concentration
hnvo profited us much back of this season's showing
stnnd ninny yenrs of constant endeavor to load at Val
entino time ns nt otnor seasons of tho year.
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Plans for Six-Hour Schedule
Between Coos Bay and
1 Florence
V. C. (Jorst nnd Shannon Mitchell
teturnod yestordny from n motor
eyclo trip to Oardluor, whero partial
arrangements wero mndo for Inaug
urating a through auto stago line bo
tweon Coos liny and the Slus'nw,
Book
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W, Swnnton, of tho Hrown l'hor
mncy; II. W. WInklor, of tho Wlnk
lor l'hnrnincy and A. Lnthman, of
tho Scandinavian Drug Storo.
NOltTII IJRNI) M-1WH
Makes Better Food
It Is roported that Geo. Gardiner,
who has boon foreman of Ilousor &
Housor horo, hns been succeeded by
Mr. Olson, Mr. Gnrdlnor will go on
n vncatlon nnd1 probably tnko ehargo
of birgor work wl.en tho big con
struction starts.
The North Hend Prosbytorlan Lad
les' Aid Society will meet with Mrs.
U, C Holmes Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Fred fnvaiinugh and daugh
ter, Miss Kdlth Morgan, enmo In a
few days ago from Saskatchewan,
Canada, and nro guests at tho Chas.
Cnvnunueh home.
Captain Kdgar Simpson loft on tho
Itedondo for a business trip to San
Francisco.
Tho A, M, Simpson came In yes
tordny morning and Is taking on a
cargo at tho Porter mill.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Georgo Anthony gavo
a social at their homo last night.
Times Want ads bring results.
h an hour nnd fivo minutes on tho
trip up. ono machine carrying tho
two. Tho principal troublo was In
crossing Ton Mllo creek. They ro
port that tho mouth of Ten Mllo has
shifted fifty yards north of tho point
wh'ero It was when Gorst and Klnnoy
lost their niitomobtlo In It.
Tho plan Is for Georgo FIsk to op
orato tho auto stage lino from Flor
ence to Gardiner. Ho Is having a
Fedornl truck equipped with sixty
Inch wheels with tires twelve Inches
wldo for tho run. A boat service will
bo maintained to carry passengers
across tho umpqua and across tho
Siuslaw,
V. C. Gorst and Jerry Klnnoy oro
to oncrato the lino from Coos Hay
to tho Umpqua. Th'oy will havo a
boat to carry tho passengers across
the Hay at Empire and nutos to bring
thorn from Emplro to Mnrshfleld.
Tho plans now provide for n six-hour
schedule between Coos Ray ani1 Flor
ence. Tho tlmo will havo to vary
with tho tide, but It Is believed that
thov can make tho run on ono tldo
without difficulty.
At Florence Mr, Gorst saw Frank
Malonoy, tho former North Bond ball
plnycr who left hero suddenly follow
ing an auto collision between tho
Gorst & King and Foote lines.
What mora beautiful than n IIOOK? Whnt moro typ
ical of tho Volontluo spirit than n well choson volume
of appropriate sontlmonts? Whnt moro practical!
Whnt moro sonslblo? Examlno our selection of Valen
tino books for mother, sister, sweetheart or wife. All
bound nnd packed with tho timely Vnlontlno tissue and
ribbons.
Valentine Party Favors
and Novelties
This Is a most noteworthy lino of pretty and exclu
sive valentine innovations nn assortmont that will of
fer many unlquo nnd appropriate suggestions dainty
nnpklns, pretty lunch sets, olaborate tablo cloths, din
ner favors, fancy baskets, heart and cupId cutouts,
place cards, score cards, post cards, small valentines
and oxquislto crepo paper effects.
Norton & Hansen
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