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CT.XTH.VIi AVKXCK, Kill DAY, DKCKMHKK 11, 11)11.
No. 10
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The very j
Thing! ,
for Xmaslv ;
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Vv A Kodak
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Priced K,M,,,k,, s,' simmm
lilliwilliw, .sil.oil to JjSllMIO
1'rni: it.xth.vii avk.ntk roostkr'
I'iiIiIMumI Kvory Krldny In tlu Inter-'
eMs r Coos Hay In (lOtioml ntul
Central Avenue In Particular.
We Apologize
Subscription Price Your Rood will. THAT'S WHAT WK IIAVK TO DO !
ami membership in tlio Rooster Club.
On; PL.VTKOKM.
Olio Street, Oiu Kin. Ono Country,
.. ..nml Ono WIfo at a time
DURING THE ENTIRE HOLIDAY SEASON
You will find at this store the XIw cL$?t? i"nV of
skasoxarlk dklicaciks
liii'lmlliiR IIcIik Famous Mince Meat mid lMtim IittlilluK.
Wo also hnvo tlio entire flfty-wcn varieties.
A Full lilne of Kresli YoKetahles mul lViti(x.
Sntuulny Is t"o luM day of our M. .1. It. CoDeo Imiwln prices.
OHivairait & Weaver
PUKK KOOD OHOCT.HS.
Corner Central Avenue mid Tlilrd Street
Phono 100
simply niH'.vrsi: vvi: didx't
(JIVI3 Till: AITIIOH'S X.VMK
hkkkaitkr vor hkt wk
Wllili DO SO I'Tl.li P.VKTKT
li.VIIS AS PKR IIKI.OW.
Wo got ourself Into a terrible
muss hist week from whitch wo have
lint as yet rccoverod anil till because
wo failed to ninko mention In Tlio
Kulorod at tho Postofflco as strictly om w"" 8 " ",,uu" m '
r irsi-mass matter; there Is nothing, vermin uuuemiwu mm appeared
ont RKLH5IOX.
To Do Ctooil.
on; politics.
More Huslnots.
Second-Class about Central Avenue.
Oflt STA1T.
Jtana-KliiK Kdltor. "Nationally Ad
vertised" 1'runk I). Colian.
Roeivntlnn Kdltor .T. T. llmilu'im.
Mimical Kdltor L. lj. Thomas.
P'ouoor Kdltor (too. K. Cook.
Household Department. Harry Mc-
ivoouii.
last wk.
You may not hnvo noticed tho Horn
to whltoh wo refer but It stated In
cidentally that lleiirV SongHlnckou,
ono of our most prosperous and lib
eral minded citizens, had changed KRANK I.AYTOX, the popular druni-
PKRSOXAL MKXTIOX
4
DOC TOYH made another trip over
to Front street one dny last wk.
or tho wk. before, wo forgot
whllch.
HK.V OSTI.1XI), our necoiuniodntliiK
government export weathet man,
says It looks to him like rain or
snow.
KHANK PAIOK. tho well known
1'ortlnnd traveling man, hns been In
our midst tho past week. Wo arc
always glad to see Frank for ho
always treat to tho cigars. Frank
Is very generous and liberal heart
ed. FKAXK ITClSliKY'S wife presented
Frank with a flue baby boy last
week the same being a boy wgt.
1 1 pounds on Frank's candy scales.
Father and sou are doing well.
his mind on the war situation and
had come out flatfooted as u sym-
I'HHSII K(,(JS
Wo hnvo tho producer. If tin, hens aren't tlollv'Yinn the ro.mN
now, when ogs mo lilgli, try miy 0f tlio following
kgo I'ltonucuu iii:i:f scraps ououxd ouit oystiji;
siicLLs wiioli: CORN WlIKAT iiai.axci:d RATIOX
0 HOUND CORX CUACKEI) CORN OATS
Wi: .SlIIili TIIH.M Al.fi
Cook's Grocery
THE OLDEST GROCERY STORE ON CENTRAL AVE.
Phone 189.
(TXTHAIi Avnxn: SAVIXCS.
For Those That
Can Afford It
TERRELL'S Chandler Barber Shop
CMXTHAIi- AVK. OF COfHSIC.
Central nvonuo people arc general
ly very nice, lint thoro nre n few
who deserve some criticism.
There Is said to be only one ronlly
good husband on Central nvonuo and
his wife Is moan to him.
so.mi: tiiixcs wk no.
E. I. CHANDLER.
Marino
Tiro
'Auto
Insurance
COKE BUILDING
Accident
IMalo Glass
Burglary
Marshficld Oregon
THIS IS PRFTTY GOOD .
A five-room Boml-inodorn cottnge, partly furnlshedlO min
utes' walk largo view lot. U'.OUO. Terms. Vacant lots In nny
part of tho city Including most of the desirable additions. Wo al
so write all kinds or Insurance and bonds.
Aug. Frizeen, Mel. G. Duncan
118 Cent nil Ave,
l'luino 1HI-.I.
Children's Department "Candy Kid"! pnthlxer with the allies and said he
it !?",rf,,!,M.' ,:,,"101'' , hoped nonunny would lose In the
Dairy l-.dllni' Ivy ( ondron. I
1 Financial Kdltor. Dorxey Ktoifcr. wnr"
Henlth mul Heauty lllnt.s." .1. 1. Tor-! It wns J. T. llanigan who gave us
.. ,';,l Kdltor. lMl, Hem about Henry changing front
Heal Kstnte l.dltor August lVIeen.1 ., i.,..,, ...i,.,,- i T ,- i,.,n ,,,
Veterinary Kdltor (!on. (Joodrum. I nml ,,tltU W"B8, ,1, '""nolnto the
Cordon Killtot Hay Olllvant. office with tho news Just as wo were
., i..i.M.it I nliout to go to pross and told us about
It. Doing as wo knowed .1. T. as
well as we did wo didn't doubt It
was true, although wo are familiar
with Henry's previously expressed
sentiments Just the opposite, but as
we needed just one Item like this to
fill up tho last rolliim we sot It up
Into typo uulrk mid printed It In the
last Rooster.
Well, brlto and early Saturday
morning Henry walked Into tho of
fice, lie wns red In tho face and
breathing hard, but wo didn't think
nothing of that as Henry does that
way when hit has lien walking fust
mid gets exslghtod, so wo says "Clood
morning Henry, how nro you this
morning?"
"Don't you try none of your soft
says Henry with
clinched fists. "What did you write
that piece about me In the last
Rooster for?"
"We wrote It because llnrrlgan
told us It was true," wo says, "but
llnrrlgan Is tho author of It."
"Well," tmys Henry, .1. T. llarrl
gsn's mime wasn't signed to It and
I'm going to hold you persona! res-
iponslblo for It."
Tiieu wo negiii to goi rjiiu or not
under tho collar so we says: "Oh!
All right then go ahead mid hold us
responsible for It If you want to;
what In tliuudorRtlnu do we enro?"
"Well, wo hadn't linrdly got the
words out of our mouth until Henry
come for us. Wo happened to be car
rying a eolluui of type from the pioss
to the Imposing stouu ut the time
and hud our hands full ho to speak
hut that didn't seem to make any
difference to Henry. Whuu lie
grabbed us we dropped tlio type
whitch wns scattered all over Hie of
fice mid we ain't found nil of It yot.
Then wo cllnshed and strugglud
buck and forth ncrost tho office for
quite a spoil trying to throw oueh
oilier down. In tlio wiiuimagn wo
stcpl Into u keg of printers' Ink half
way up to our knee wltli our right
foot mid then Henry tripped us up
Stationery printed at this offlco
Is giving the best satisfaction. Last
week wo printed 500 statements for
'a man and by their aid he collected
a siuiiii loriuiip. i wo iiiuuius ago a . soap on me
man bought of us some note paper
and envelopes to use when writing to
his sweetheart, mid now ho Is mar-
lied, Another man forged a name on
a cheek printed lu tills offlco mid
Is In Jail. Another stole some paper
with whleh to make a cigarette ho
Ills dead. A young lady bought some
of our paper to curl her hair on and
now she has a honu. (Wo have very
little of this kind left.) Ry using
our statements a porsou cnu collect
old accounts, tell fortunofi, cause
ra I a, change the color of the hair,
have toot li extracted without pain,
find out the unme of your future wife
I or uusuaiiii, tie siiccusmiui in iiusiuess
and got olected to office, (live us a
call.
FLASH
LIGHT
Create ami Estate
by Insuring yoursolf In tho
JKASSACJIl'SKTTS MUTD.VIi LII'IJ
IXSI'II.VXCK CO.
at
SHIPMAN BR.OS.
307-308 Coke. Dulldlii!,'.
I'HOXK Ul:-J
Tin: i,Ait(;i:sT i.ixi:
OX COOS H.VV AT
$1.25, $1.50, $1.75
$2.00 and $2.25
i.kt rs nasi! on;
nasii Moms ox voir
Norton &Hansens
TWO STORKS:
CKXTR.V h AVK. I-'HOXT ST.
luer. was busy on Central nvonuo
this week selling our enterprising
merchants largo orders and telling
the latest yarns. Frank Is a
chain plou story toller.
I.KW THOMAS returned yesterday
from Rnndon, where ho went to
talk piano business with a prom
inent litlxcu of that hustling city.
Lew Is tight there when It comes
to making n plant) talk.
O. W. CIWIRKRS and Dan MoKlnuon
returned yesterday from n busi
ness trip to Hold Reach mid they
say Hint the trip with slides and
trees blown across the road was
something like what Sliormnn says
wnr. Is.
DOC HOUSKWORTII says that Hie
recent changes In the wonthor has
boon it (lodsend to hint being as a
lot of folks hereabout has went
mid caught terrible colds on tlielr
lungs mid lu their heads and ha:
to have his professional services.
Doe soys ho hopes these wonthor
changes will continue Indefinite.
DOC MORROW made a quick trip
to North Rend last wk. on busi
ness, that Is bo made a quick stnrt
hut was delayed on the way and
whilst ho was gone three people
on Central avenue took sick mill
sent for Doe but the offls wns
locked and (hoy had to get uloug
as best they could mid when Doc
got back they was all so Improved
Hint tlioy didn't need his services.
Doc says Hint's Just his luck.
FRANK COHAN Is having a special
sale on toothbrushes this wk, hop
ing to sell out ut cost or less a
dnxzon or so of tooth hrushos he
has had on liaiid now for more
than twenty years, or about tho
time tooth brushes first como nut.
Frank says there ain't no cull for
tootli brushes on Central avenue
and ho was foolish to buy that
batch of tliuni from a slick tungiied
traveling man who cmuu around
selling 'em.
I CKXTRAIi AV'KXUK JOTTIXOS. I
4
Are Scarce. Suliserlbora Is very
warce.
.Money AImi, So Is haul: nitbcrip
Hous ut this Wtllllg.
Hunt to lluiry. I'ny up for Hid
llfinylni mul M , 111 it'..u't I... ..ulr...l
land we both fell to tho floor with , " , ' , V" " ' "
! dull ulnLffinfiii llnwl i.hsJIln,, ttin. Itil! " " """"'V I '"J
keg lu the contents of whitch we
wallowed around on tlio floor trying
to get the upper hand of each other.
I We always thought we could bun
dle Henry Kongslaokuii but wu
found him a good deal llko the Her
man army n good dual more powor
fuller than wo oxpoctud and us it ro-
The very latest production l 8"'e lighting. You can try It
right lu your own home bofore bujing.
The Sunshine Safety Lamp
No wick-no chlmney-no dirt-No smoke-no odor-no mantle
trouble. Let us show you.
MAHSHFIELD IHRE CO.
War Prices Have
No Terrors
FOR THE MAN WHO BUYS FLOUR FEED AND HAY
AT-
HAINES
Waterfront, Central Avenue
Before Parting
With Your Money
IX III VIVO HIIVL KSTATK.SKCTHK
A COMl'LKTK ARSTHACT FROM
THK I
Title Guarantee and i
! Abstract Co.
i
Which Is prepared to turn out First to catch cold mid die of newinonln
Clas. Work. This will savo you an-, A8 We ,iavo ,,,, we npologUed to
noyance and expense afterwards. We ,. ... , , , ,
also look after assessments and pay- Henr Personal and wo also apolo-
mant of taxes. ulto herewith, publicly by saying that
l Murslifiold offlco in Coke Hiillillue; if what Harrlgan told us about Hon-
opjwisito llmiiiller Hotel. l'lione sjstHiken Isn't true then there
Sow Is Hid Time to .Subscribe.
Siibsorlbo for Thu Roostor (mid pay
lu advance) before tlio roal inlny
weather setu In. A copy of Tho
Rooster each wk. will come lu turrl
bio handy to pass thu long winter
ovgs. with mid will also liuop you
posted Oil what Is coin on In vonr
suit ho finally suckseeded lu gottlng . , ul HII(, mirr()1II1(lIIK Btr(l0t- ,
mi tup ui us una piiueueii usu iuoror )ni maticir,
laco with his fists and thorn nil over
Ink (loan up to his elbows.
All tho time ho kept hollerln for
us to apologise mid wo was doing so
as loud as wo could but we was mak
ing so much noise ho didn't hear us
for quite a spell. Then, he lot us up
and left the offls In disgust threat-
I'lilug to stop his subscription mid
advertising.
When we took stock of ourselves
, we found that oue eyebrow hud come
Cniiiu Agnln, Waller Walter Rut
lor paid us 7S cents on his back
subscription last wk. Of course this
Is only a drop lu Hie bucket as you
might any being as Walter still owes
us the enormous sum of $2.xr on
back subscription. Re that us It may
however we lire awful glad to get
the 7.1 cents which will keep body
and sole together for a day or two
more bv whllch time nerbaim homid-
loose mid that there was a bunch as1)()(1. ,,, wl pay ,, Boni8lh,llg. A,
big aa a hen egg over our left oar. for Wauar Ka ,1BVflP ..v,,,.,,,,, , t.a.
to say nothing of being smeared with
printers Ink from head to heels o
peclaly In our hair whitch we can't
fceem to get out and will have to eith
er let It remain or go to Jesse Ter
rell's and get a hair cut mid that's a
dangerous thing to do as wo haven't
nothing not oven tho 75 cents.
1 1 1-J.
, C'oqulllo Offlco uiljoiiiluir Farm
'ers' Rank Hlock. l'lione 1IM.
' llaiulou Office, MiN'uIr Riillding.
Phono lH'J.
I
Henry Sengstacken
Sfannger.
Auto Ant'deiii. Three of Central
avenue's most distinguished citizens
wero In an auto aclcdout lasl Satur-
.lnl 'iHlftlr ...n.. .. ilii.ln ....... In
... a uvj nniu jii tiiui, . uj ,11)
North Rend In Doe Morrow's naw
sot the two bits anil beside tho , CMB0 ca. wlleIl tllH. mot n (Iorg,
weather being chilly we nre liable, & Kng ,,, tfM (J )(HW( 0 iUf
same space In the rad with the re
suit that W. J. Conrad had six stitch
es taken In his nose and Dr. Kelt?
had sixteen studies taken out of his
coat and Dim; Morrow had his smllo
badly bruised. Con says he has a
new mottoalways put up to-ilor-row
the auto wreck you want today.
U a lot of inure worse things than
that which Is.
Hereafter when folks brings us
news Items lot them be sure what
they say about other folks Is truo.
We also want them to know that
) . rr-:ifiT wIipii print anything
a in it what .iiiImhI a about Un
told us so that ir It ain't true then
the person who Is wrote about will
thrash the party who ought to be
tbl'ikhfil Instead of n-
HuIim uiic fur the Rooster mul see
v.nr wij will a!o print with It sliojUiat, we bay about other folks.
He will bo pleased If you got him
A Box of Christmas Cigars
Tho kind ho smokes every day. Ask us. Wo probably know htn
favorite brand.
Ninas boxes- nil the Standard Rrnnds.
Also a complete- Hue of Pipes. Cigar and Tobacco Jnrs, Ash
Trays, etc.
Men, hae you tried one of those Now Rarhelor Cigars, Re?
THE SMOKEHOUSE
kk
!lti-loiie
fttl4f. ! r
SWEET GRASS BASKETS FROM TWENTY CENTS TO $2
APIECE. YOU KNOW STAFFORD'S.
Pick Out Vour Raskct Now ntul Hnvo It Killed
How about that new piano?
Wc have a fine .line of instruments to select from;
Terms can be arranged to suit your convenience.
Wiley B. Allen Co.
Ii. Ii. THOMAS, Jlgr.
CENTRAL AVENUE. RUSSELL BLK.
At'CTlOX II.VIKUI.V S.VLK.
SATURDAY AT 10 A. M., 8 P. M., AND 7 P. M WK WILL
ILVVH TilRKK AUCTION SAL US TO CLOSI0 OUT MY KINK
STOCK. THIS WILL UK ONK OK THK ORKATKST RAROAIN
OPPORTUNITY'S AND TDK KINKST CILVNCK TOR SKCURINO
CHRISTMAS (IIKTS AT LOW PRICKS.
The Lntlics' Emporium
Mrs. Nellie A Owen
Mnrshfield Ore.
See our window for the FINEST YAKIMA APPLES
that ever came to Coos Bay. Price $1.35 to $1.50 per
Box.
Remember, wc arc Marshficld agents for CHASE &
SANBORN'S TEAS AND COFFEES.
PIONEER GROCERY CO.
Phono HI. til Central Avenue-
A SYSTEMATIC HABIT
of saving Is ii liim-iictrr tuDldof anil u good Itiihlnocs iinm'L
No ouo Is too pooi' to nnpilro tlio wiilugH habit.
$1 will Mart mi account ullli us.
A liiccMiin aiToiiut lu tills good bank adds to Hie i-ouieuleuco anil
Mifoly el' lining Inihlui'hH mul goes far toiiaiil oMuhlMilug your
hlmiiriig lu tin coiiiiiiiiiilly.
There Is no iihiish iitltnlird, and jour uecouiil will iiH'elvo cour
teous nml I'liiefiil niislilonillon.
ilils liauk lut Res jour biihlnoss ami piiiiuKos wifely, llbcml (cmif
nml htitlsfactory M'lilce.
First Naitloea!
Bain
Of Coos Bay
' Central Avenue Marshficld, Oregon
UUVINCI A TYl'lHWUITEH?
If so, liavo Iho following fiiclory rebuilt mach
ines on hand:
HeuiliiKtoii No. (I ijtit.) h. C. Smiths $.
JteuiliiKtoii No. 10 ... ,,.!ji.T5 Uudenvooil Xo. n $00
ijiff.OO cash; ,1,011 jut uioiitli. All nmchliiiw Kuarautved for one
year. Also ribbons and carbon paper.
CARL L. STOCKIN
S3 Contral Avonuo.
'J'olopliono H50.
KhIum AkoiR.
I'lidorwood Typowrltor Co.
Wulos VUIblo AddliiK Machine
Amorlcau MuRlcraph Co.
PLAN TO TAKE
SUNDAY DINNER
AT THE
Cfeaimdlleir Hotel
a Good Menu
The mil of
Central Avenue
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