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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1914.- EVENING EDITION.
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BETH'S TUTO SERVICE
ITANI) AT CHANDLER HOTEL
PHONE ill).
iwi go anywhere any time
; new oait and careful
driving
kates to camping parties
. LYNN LAMBETH
Owner and DrUcr.
I ST. LAWRENCE HOTEL
iWo havo a great many inquiries
f ncrcngo and lu IT you will
II nt it rcnl mun h'o list your
bporty at tho SI. Lawrence Ilotol
Lloyd Ilotul. No commission
tod.
IMTWntUmKJMH .
, MERCHANT'S CAFE
Popular, place for
Goo'd. Meals.
i Prices Reasonable.
3or. Commercial & B'clw'y
row Rates for
Handling Trunks
Wo haul trunks between anj
nta In Mnrshflold for tho follow
; rates, delivery to ho mado In
I first floors of "buildings:
rco trunks $ .25
rco trunks '.'. ' CO
olvo trunks, ,h 1.50
Star Transfer-and Storage Co.
Levi Hclsticr, I'rop.
lMiimo 1U0-J, 1-L. llH-lt.
J. SUAIFK fi A. II. IIODCJINS-
aishfiplfl PA,Nr AND&
Estimates FuniMird
unit U OU-J. Aliii-hlillcld, Ort'K
NO HAW, EDGES
ron
I YOUIt COLLARS
If you liuvo them hiiiudcicil
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WIN CITY STEAM LAUNDRY
THE COOS HOTEL
Formerly of Marahflold
.VAHII INGTON AVENUE
STAHDEN STREET
NORTH REND
O. A. Mctllu, Prop.
MITH'S VARIETY STORE.
NortriBcncl,
Dr Fancy and Domestic
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iUlTS GLEANED AND PRESS
:i) SPITS MADE TO ORDER
filVK 11H', A TKIAIi
UNIQUE PANTATORIUM
fAY DOYLB & 0. O. DAGGETT
:GG Contral Avo. Phono 2G0-X. I
Pictures & framing
Walker Studio
N'ew Models
'HENDERSON CORSETS"
also principal distributors
"ONYX" and "CADET"
HOSE
S.S.JENNINGS, No. Bend
RT WOOD
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AMPBELL'Sj WOODYARD
North Front Street,
PlioSe J 80-J.
0 Commutation
Tickets $2.00
rshfeId-Nortj?ltciid Auto -Lino
i-s every teH Hilnutos from U a. in
to ISjJO p. in.
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HAVE THATifROOF FIXED
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Phone 3171.
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CHIMNIYSlIf FIRE PLACES
J. nIbayliss
ny Kindfaff Urick Work at
PrltwvTkat Are night
And alFfWork Guaranteed
Call at "TheFJreside," Johnson
nidg., 137uSecond St. Phono
13 4-J. M. '
French JU3! I3oller Work ,
For Camping and Fishing
The GoldeiFalls
Excels
Delightful scenery, nnd free from the wind. Streams teeming
with fish. Not far from Loon Lake and near to good deer hunting
sections.
If you wish a pleasant outiiiR, don't forget the Golden Falls coun
try. You can leave .Marshflehl In tho morning and return tho sumo
evening. Autos to nnd from Allegany dally to carry any needs of
outlni; parties. Steamer Alert maker, two round trips dally between
Mnrslifleld nnd Allegany to connect with autos.
For further particulars, phone Ilusy Corner or Scandanavlnn Drug
Stores.
aoy-Drain Auto Line
Oregon Girl Wins Road Essay Prize
Alleg
I). L. FOOTE, Proprietor.
KEEK
Abstracts, Real Estate,
Fire aftd Marine Insurance
TITLE GUARANTEE ABSTRACT CO., Inc.
HENRY HKNGWAOKKN, Mntmgcr
FARM, COAL, TIMBER AND PLATTING LANDS A SPECIALTY
GENERAL AGENTS EASTS IDF.
MAHSHFIELD OFFICE, PHONE t-J.
COQUILLE CITY OFFICE PI I ON P 1IM.
S. S. PARAISO
Equipped villi Wireless.
Finn Passenger Aitoiiii.hmI itiuns.
Now Steel limit.
S. K. PARAIKO WILL SAIL FOR SAN FRANCISCO SATUIIDAY
.Il'LY 1H, AT I P. M.. WITH PASSENGEIIS AND FREIGHT
YELLOWSTONE WIM, SAIL FOR PORTLAND, SATUIIDAY, .IULY
IHTII, AT ." P. M.( WITH FREIGHT ONLY.
NORTH BE.JD KILL & LUMBER COMPANY, Afjents
TOM JAMES, AKe.it,
Multifield.
SN A contest In which nenrly 5000
children all over tho Pnlted Stntes
engaged, two Khlc and a boy. nil
aged I I, have been nwurded prizes
by Logan Waller Piiko, director of
tho United States office of public
roans, ror writing the best essuyi
on the repair and malnteii'anco ol
(hit ronds. The second prlzo wm
won bv .Miss Lucille Huff, nKod 1 I
an OroRoti Klrl, atteadlng school In
Ai Huston, Or.
Tho contest .was arrani;ed by Di
rector Pngu to arouse Interest iuiioiik
school children lu the subject of Im
provliiK the public roads of the
United States. Mr. Pane believed
that If such a contest were started
the children would ask questions f
their parents, and an Impetus would
be Riven to tho road improvement.
.Many of the eshiiys submitted bore
evidence of havliiR been prepared
with tho assistance of parents or
school teachers, and theso were elim
inated. Tho ablest eiiRlneors In the
Unlteil Stntes Office of Public Heads
acted as a board lu passing on the
essays nnd In makliiR the decisions.
Prizes Glwn lo Three.
The prize winners aro:
First prize, gold medal, Amy Coon,
Scammon, Kansas, a pupil lu tho
Bkidmnre School.
Second, Lucille Huff, ago 1 1, Wll
lowdalo Farm, Arlington, Oregon, a
pupil in the Arlington School.
Third, Melvln Paulson, ago II,
LloomluK Prairie, Minnesota.
Miss Huffs essay Is given here
with lu full:
Clliiiiit- mid DruluiiRC Discussed.
One of tho chief necessities of life
Is food. Often this Is produced lu
regions remote from town and rail
road. Thus tho transportation must
be over earth roads, which, nfter
much usage, becomo badly In need
-if repairs.
Thus tho question arises lu rural
districts, "How Shall 'Earth Roads
lie Maintained and Kept in Repair?"
First of all, tho climate must be
considered; for what would suit an
arid region would bo an utter failure
in a humid climate, and vice versa.
.Much atlniillmi Hlmnlrl lin tin 1 . 1 In
Jraiuaue In a humid climate, as the
A (JIHEYANCE IN (T'HHY.
wpter gathers on tho rond If not
properly drained. The sldo ditches
must be kept cleared of all obstruc
tions, and bo of sufficient dimensions
to Insure good drainage.
The rond crown Is slightly elevated
and sloped gradually toward tho side
ditches.
Plnco culverts under the road nt
canyons, nnd outlets for gutters nt
every low point, sufficiently lnrgo to
carry off all surplus water.
Special Method Described.
Some compositions of soil will not
stand usage, and need special treat
ment. Either a mixture or alternate
Inyers of sand nnd clay at a propor
tion of nbout 70 per cent sand to
JIO per cent clay should bo spread
on at a sufficient depth to remedy
the defect. If sandy plnces appear,
add more clay; or If sticky places
form ndd more sand. Tho rond Is
smoothed, graded nnd given tho slope
to uitciics liororo tnu now soil is put
on; then before a crust forms, a
split-log drag should bo run over
to crown and pnek tho road.
Ronds In nrid regions require en
tirely different repairs. Tho cMef
difficulties arc sand drift nnd dust
beds.
Planting trees or Bhrubs by the
road or henplng brush on tho wind
ward sldo will often check tho drift.
In some places it might be accessary
to clear away brush or debris on
the other side, allowing tho drifts to
blow off tho road.
Temporary llepalr Explained.
After a dust bed starts, each pass
age Incrcnses; tho depth, therefore,
should ho immediately ropalred. Tho
most satisfactory tompornry rcpnlr
Is mado by scnttorltiB straw, brush or
other Utter over tho bad places. Tills
acts as a ctiBhlon to prevent wear
ing. After the rains enmo, tho dust
beds settle and tho rond can thou bo
repaired, and packed with tho drag.
In arid regions tho Biirfnco will be
mndo to distrlbuto tho moisture even
ly, rather than to drain It off tho
rond. Although sldo ditches should
bo provl led whero necessary, still
they nro not so Important as in rnlny
roglons.
Spllt-LoR Drair Useful.
The split-log drag Is one of tho
most useful tools for repairing roads.
It s enslly constructed at home by
splitting a log 10 or 12 Inches In
dlnmetor and seven or eight feet
long. Select tho best half for tho
front. Ilore three holes with n two
Inch augur; ono located four Inches
from the rond ond, tho second twenty-two
Inches from tho ditch end,
urn u imru miuwny between. On
the back slab boro at polntB twenty
Inches from rond ond, six Inches
from ditch end, n third midway be
tween. Fasten theso two slnbs thirty
Indies apart, by stakes driven Into
tho holes and firmly wedged. When
completed tho back slab lies 10
Inches nearer tho road center than
the front ono. A 2x4 brace Is placed
diagonally to the stakes at tho ditch
ond, resting within an Inch of tho
ground on tho front slab nnd in tho
nr.glo between stnko nnd slnb nt tho
rear. A strip of Iron three nnd onc
linlf Teet long, four Inches wldo anil
ono-ofurth Inch thick, attached to
tho ditch end of tho front slab by
counter-sunk bolts, so that It extends
from one-half Inch below Blab at end
to flush nt middle, may bo used for
the blade.
Plank DriiR Is Substitute.
In treeless regions a good Bubsti-
tllto 1b tlin tilnnk ilrnn- ,.ntiuii..n.i
on tho samo plans, but with tho ad-
tmioii oi moro secure orncing,
Tim HIlC.C'OHRflll nnnrnllnn nl tl.
drag depends much on tho position
of tho driver nnd length nnd position
of tho hitch. Iloth may be regulated
to suit every purpose.
Drag tho right hand side of tho
road, making tho return trip over tho
other half. Tho nlm Is to throw tho
enrth toward the center of the rond,
forming n crown.
Two horses can usually do tho
work; but If four nro necessary, they
should bo hitched by n four-liorso
ovoner.
If gravel or crushed rock nro avail
able, n thin coating will make tho
road moro durnblo and stive n great
doal of trouble.
Tlin rnnt nf ronnlrliiir n mm! vn.iii.
greatly with tho oxtont of repair,
easiness to procuro inntorlnl and tho
cosi or innor.
To Portland
every Thursday
To Eureka
every Monday
THE FAST AND COMFOUTAHLE
S. S. Geo. W. Elder
NEWLY EQUIPPED
NOHTII PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
C. 1-'. MtGEOHGE AGENT W. IL PAINTEU
Phono II, Mnrshfield Phono 421, North Head
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EQUIPPED WITH WIHELESB.
Steamship Breakwater
ALWAYS ON TIME.
SAILS FKOM MAIISHFIELD DUHING MONTH OF JULY AT 12:30
P. M., ON THE -ITU, OTII, 11TII, 1DTII, 2ITII AND 20TIL...
Tickets on sale to nil Ko&tern polntfl nnd Information us to routes
nd rates cheerfully furnished.
Phono 127-L. F. T. SHELDON. ArciU
Inter-Ocean Transportation Co.
Semi-weekly service Coos Bay and San Francisco.
S. S. Redondo
SAILS FKOM MAKSHFIEL1) FOK SAN FKANCISCO
AND SAN PEDKO SATUIIDAY, JULY 25, nt 12 NOON.
Equipped with wireless and submarine bel)..
Passengers and freight.
S. S. NANN SMITH
Equipped with wireless and submarine bell.
Passengers and freight.
SAILS FKOM MAKSHFIELD FOK SAN FKANCISCO
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, AT 11 A. M.
San Francisco office, Greenwich street pier No. 23
and 600 Fife building.
Coos Bay Agent, 0. F. McGeorcie, Phone 44.
TYPEWRITERS All standard makes, sold on easy pay
ments, new and rebuilt. Fox, Underwood, Remington, Royal,
Oliver, L. C. Smith, and Smith Premier, for rent or exchange.
Cleaning, repairing or neir platens, work guaranteed. Itibbous nnd
carbon paper delivered. Phono us your order. Phone 41. Alliance office.
TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE AND SUPPLY CO.
Tho pooplo in Curry County seom
to havo a well-founded Rrlovunro
against tho Postofflco Department of
ficials at WiiMhlUKtou, as word has
boon received at Gold Uoach, tho
county sent of Curry, that nil bids
for carrying tho mails between Gold
Hunch and Harbor hao boon reject
ed, and that after July l tho only
way to get mall from tho county scat
to the lower portion of Curry County
will bo to sand It by stage to Port
Orford, I hence by stage to llnudou,
thenco up tho Cocjtilllu River by boat
to Co(iilllo, thence by rail to Myrtle
Point, thonco by .stngo to lloseburg,
henco over the Southorn Pacific to
Grants Pass, thenco through tho Illi
nois Valley and over tho Siskiyou
to Crescent City, thonco up tho coast
to Harbor, lu all, thin mnkos a dis
tance of about ll'i mllos to gain a
distance of forty-two mllos. Under
siidi circumstances It would take
mall, In tho best of weather, from
olgi.t to olovu days to pass from
Gold Reach to Harbor; lu winter,
from tun to fifteen days.
Tho contract prlco for carrying
tho mull over theso forty-two mllos,
mnkltiR three round trips n weok,
has beou nbout SIL'.'O. This was for
a horseback and pack-aulmnl route.
Under tho best conditions tho con
tractor, could only mako a very small
wage; since tho parcel post law bo
enmo offectlvo overy trip ills shown
n loss. Hence tho lowest bid re
ceived prior to letting for the next
four years was $1000. Tho officials
uiy this prlco Is prohibitive; hence,
ill bids havo been rojoctud.
.lust now the greatest dovolop
meuts In Curry are taking placo nt
llrooklngs, just north of nnd across
tho Chotco Hlvor from Harbor. Tho
largost town In tho county has sprung
up there as If by magic. Moro than
350 pooplo nro now located thoro nnd
this uuinbor Is being dally ntigmont
ted. When tho llrooklngs sawmill
gots undor full way, within a fow
weeks, the population will begin to
swell still moro rapidly. Tho llrook
lngs company has n largo amount ot
good farm laud to put upon tho mar
ket lu smnll tracts in tho hopo that
settlors will purchase It to ralso sup
pllos for tho new town. Homos will
bo sold to workmen. Thoro will bo
much business of nil sorts with tho
county sont. Hut In plain language
tho postal officials say that tho dis
tance to tho county sont Is -i2.r miles;
tho quick transit for a lotter eight
day Which in tho wlntor sonson will
moro often bo twelve to fifteen days.
Portland Oregonlnn.
Scientific Varieties
CAKL GK1SSEN In CONCEKT nt j
Finnish Hall JULY 2H. Admission
HO CENTS. , I
Japan lins nearly CO, 000, 000 peo
ple.
Illinois lends In the amount ot In
ternal revenuo receipts.
Australia has 1)211, l."0 occupied
dwelling houses.
South African cronmorles nrodtico
S.000,000 pounds of butter ycnrly.
Atlanta. Gn has Installed a now
water works pump cnpablo of pump
ing 10,000,000 gallons an hour.
Eighty-six por cont of tho factories
In Switzerland uso electricity ns mo
tive power.
Tho Mississippi Hlvor Is 31G0 miles
long, and tho .Missouri, which emp
ties Into It, Is :i,100 miles long.
Sovornl plem. 1000 feet In length,
will he constructed nt tho Atlnntle
ond of tho Pannmn Cnunl.
Germany usos 118,000 tons of
American lubricating nils nnnunlly.
Its totnl consumption of such oils
reaches 280,000 tons.
Hussln leads tho world In tho pro
duction of flax flbor nnd Argontlnn
In the production of seod.
Applo growors in tho stnto of
Washington nro planning to soli tholr
crops In Colombo, Singapore, Cal
cutta nnd Hong Kong.
Tolophono connection between
eltlos on tho Atlnntle and Pacific
coast of tho United Stntes is prom
ised boforo tho ond of tho year.
Waters of Lower California pro
duro lobsters, nnd mnuy 'tons of
criistnconns wero shipped to tho
United States last season.
In nn endeavor to euro doop-soatod
diseases, French physicians nro ex
perimenting with injecting solutions
of radium Into tho human body.
According to tho United States
govornmont exports, raisin seeds can
bo mado to ylold n clear syrup, nn
oil useful In paint and soap-inakiug,
n tannin extract and a meal for feed
ing stock.
Statistics which havo been pub
lished In tho Orvosl Hotilap assort
that tho numbor of medical mon In
tho whole of Europo amounts to
about 100,000.
An ingonlous Implomont has boon
patented by a Khodo Island Invontor
to ounblo n man to tlo a knot In
cord around n parcel and cut the
superfluous cord with ono hand.
It Is roported that an extensive bed
of rock salt has been discovered on
tho Skeenn River, about forty-five
mllos from Princo Rupert, along the
lino of tho Grand Trunk Pacific Rail
way. Tho tulip beds on tho permlses of
C, M. Thomas, Spruco street, Rock
lnnd. Mo., havo evoked a groat doal
WE! WE
AD OS
D NOSTRILS OPEN,
Instantly Relieves Swollen, Inflamed
Nose, Head. Thiimt You llrcutlio
Freely Dull Headache Goes Nas
ty Discharge Stops.
Try "Ely's Cream nalm."
Get a small bottle anyway, Just to
try it Apply a little in the nostrils
and instantly your clogged nose and
stopped-up nir passages of tho head
will open; you will breatho freely;
dullness and headache disappear.
By morning! tho catarhh, cold-ln-head
or catarrhal sore throat will
be gone.
End such misery now! Get the
small bottle of "Ely's Cream Balm"
at any drug storo. This aweot fra
grant balm dissolves by tho heat of
tho nostrils; ponotratcs and heals
the inflamed, swollen membrane
which lines tho noso, head and
throat; clears the air passages; stops
nasty discharges and a feeling of
cleansing, soothing relief conies Im
mediately. Don't lay awake tonight strug
gling for breath, with head sturfed;
nostrils closed, hawking and blow
ing, Catarrh or a cold, with its
running nose, foul mucous dropping
Into tho throat, and raw dryness is
distressing but truly needless.
Put your faith Just once in
"Ely'B Cream Balm" and your cold
or catarrh will Burely disappear.
For Sale by Brown Drug Co,
of comment nnd admiration. Thoro
aro between 50,000 and 00,000 of
tho plnntB, tho blooms on which
mako a dazzling sen of color.
A photographic papor which Is
sensitized on bath sides Is designed
for tho purposo of making copies of
records for filing. Tho schomo Is a
spneo-savor.
Thoro aro In Canndn four tolo
phono lines owned by provincial gov
ernments, twenty-sovon owned by
municipalities, .108 owned by cor
porations, i:i:i owned by co-operntlvo
companies, .11 owned by partnerships
and 113 private lines.
Whou full, tho terminal elevators
nt Port Arthur nnd Port William will
hold approximately 30,000,000 bush
els of grain, but, owing to tho dif
ferent grades of grain and Its con
dition, this totnl capacity Is hardly
over reached.
If tho earth woro to rovolve seven
teen times faster than It docs, bodlos
at the equator would losn their
wolght nnd remain stationary in the
air without support.
The Assouan dam and other Irri
gation works In Egypt linvo cost
about Ifi3.000.000; but tho Increase
in vnluo of Innd In mlddlo nnd lowor
Egypt nnd tho Fnyoum provfiices
lias boon from $955,000,000 to 2,
4-10,000,000. Tho tolnl rent of this
land has rlson from $82,000,000 to
$190,000,000.
Eighteen barrels of ginseng, con
taining 1343 pounds and worth
$8001, havo begun tholr journey
from WnuBnu, Wis., to China. This
crop wns grown by J. H. ICoohler
on one-half aero of land near Wau
sau. An expert of tho Department of
Agriculture has been sont to tho ex
tromo northwestoru corner of China,
never boforo visited by scientists, to
seek now plants that might be valu
ablo In tho United States.
Somo peoplo may not bo awaro of
tho origin of tho word "porcelain."
When, in tho sixteenth rontury,
traders Introduced this Chinese prod
uct into Europo, Its polished, trans
lucent surface was thought to resom
blo cowrlo sholls, which, from their
supposed likeness to the shape or
a llttlo pig woro called "porcollana."
One of the wonders of tho Guate
mala Jungle Is tho "water vino," n
black, snakolike, leafless stom, drop
ping from tho Celba and mahognny
trees to which It has climbed. It Is
said to contain a quart ot water to
overy foot. When tho stom la cut
tho wntor spurts forth In n refresh
ing stream, Molsturo Is drawn up
from tho soli, and flltored through
tho pores of tho plant.
Enrly wells lu what later devel
oped Into the greatest oil region In
the country woro put down for salt,
bomo being sunk to a depth of 800
feet. Nearly all yielded quantities
of potroloum, nnd somo produced
nenrly all nil, but It was not until
tho Into fifties that the commercial
value of oil as an lllumlnant was
realized,
Moro than 600,000 pounds of snail
sholls aro shipped out of Malaysia
ovpry year to Europo and America to
bo used mnlnly lu tho making of
buttons, The shells are taken from
tho ocean by fishermen and sold
through Chinese collectors to Euro
pean firms at Slngamoro. Tho prod
uct brings nbout sixteen cents a
pound In Now York.
MARRIED ARITHMETIC.
Mudgo Hero's a man figured out
that If all the money In tho world
woro divided equally each adult
would got about thirty dollars.
Meek He's wrong. My wife would
get sixty dollars.
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