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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1914)
miimmmmmmmmmm ?ttHJ (A "' - THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1914 EVENING EDITION TVO Fr.l Mewsvn WUver i1cf$ Froador) WcCodw UAKDOX AVATKH AVOKKS. It being nppnront Hint aftor long tliy correspondence with numerous bonding houses that no hotter hid could ho obtained limn thnt of tho Hnndon Water Company for tho $48, G00 water bonds, nn ordlnnnco was passed at tho council meeting accept ing tho bid of tho water company mid tho city will tnlco over tho busi ness tho first of Janunry, 10115. Dnndon World. amiThK POINT POINTIMS. DISCOUNT AVAHHANTS. Tho Uandon World Bays: It dovol ops that tho local bnnlCB for the pres ent havo nil tho city warrants that thoy can handle and aro forced to ro fuso to tako them longer, except at n discount. At tho council meeting Inst ovonlng sovcral city employes brought this difficulty to tho notlco of thnt body and after discussion City Attorney Troadgold was asked to drnft an or dlnnnco looking toward creating a special fund to caro for current ex penses, which will ho reported at tho noxt meeting. .It is stntcd thnt tho difficulty In cashing wnrrnnts not only fncos Han don and other cities of Oregon, hut nUo faces n number of counties. Coos county warrants, excepting a few special funds in which tho cash News or Upper CoqulUo Valley As Told by Tho Enterprise. A deal was closed this weok where by P. W. Laird purchased from C. C. Cnrtcr the quarter block at the cor ner of Fourth and Mnplo stroots on which aro locntod Dunn's tnllor shop, Strong's Implement house and tho Hntorprlso office. Engineer Ellerbcck of tho C. I). & E. train scrvlco, wns on n fow days' Inyoff the and of Inst week and spent pnrt of his vacation looking ovor tho country nnd logging operations on tho South Fork. Dr. JI. O. Stommlor nnd family moved Into their now residence on East Spruco stroot Inst week. Tnls HEVIVAfj IN CTItUV. Industrial Review of the State Wo had tho plensuro a fow days ngo of calling on many of tho now settlors who havo bought acroago tracts from tho Wcddcrbum Trading Company on what Is known as Snttn dcrs Creek bottom. Wo wero agree ably surprised to find nent llttlo lum ber houses on nil theso trncts, nnd fencing nnd clearing going on In a business llko wny. Tho people who hnvo Bottled on theso plnces nro nil energetic, lnw-abldlng citizens, which nro good nddltlons to Curry county. When Wo first know this section It contained tho largest school district In tho county nnd tho present Indi cations nro thnt history will repeat itself in this respect, nnd within a fow years .Terry's Pint will once moro Tho Multnomah county tnx low for 1915 Is 8.2 mills less than for 1914. Lawyers aro promoting tho crea tion of tho office of public defendor for cities nnd counties. Is ono of tho most sightly nnd ono ,)CC0I0 tno largest rurnl school dlst ot tho most modern ilwolllngB to rjct within tho county. Gold Bench town Mtb. W. S. Cooloy went to Hcnry vlllo Inst Monday to attend tho clos ing oxcrclses of tho Honryvlllo school which has been tnught by hor daugh ter, Miss Iilnncho DeArmoud. MAKE PJUKOXEHS WORK. Tho prisoners now confined in thb county jail hnvo been basking In tho sun tho Inst fow days, digging out nnd burning thrco or four stumps which still rcmnlncd In tho court 0 lobe. NO ni.00.AIV NEWS i viini.in nr i.ni,.., .,.. i... ,i.,fcouso Bnunro. Tholr work Improved W ..........V, U.W M,...b ...f.WI HJ ll.U I bnnks only nt n discount nnd Curry county warrants nro being discount cd from G to 10 per cent. NEPHEWS KIMiKI) IN WAIL A letter rccolved by M. 0. Pohl ffrom a sister who Is rosldlug in Scotland, reveals tho sad Information that up to tho lattor pnrt of October, two of his nophews nro known to hnvo been killed In tho war nnd two moro nro unaccounted for, thoy elth or hnv onors ncoro of nophoY8 and cousins In tho war, all membors of tho (lorinun ar my. Dnndon World. tho appearance of tho ynrd wonder-fully.--Gold Dench Globo. HOSKIIUItO HAII.ltOAl). l'lait l Start AVork on Mne to Coos lUiy Next. Spring. Thnt work on tho proposed mil road between Ilosoburg nnd Coos Day for the' Initial unit which tho city of Uoseburg voted $G00,000 bonds Inst fall, will In nil probability i bo commenced noxt spring 1b learned Censors Destroy Letters to Soldiers Telling of Despair nt Home. Or 4uocUtM rM to Com Dtjr 7lmM.l PARIS, Dec. 21!. Only letters thnt nro dovold of nil gloomy news or utterances aro permitted to reach tho hands of French soldlors. This Is in accord with an Irrevocable rulo of tho military authorities. Thoy also Insist that all coniintin- Pondloton building Improvements for 1914 total $170,000. Tho salaries and expenses of de puty gnmo wardens totalled $17,000 for this yoar. A $35,000 a year chain of employ ment ngoncles wns proposed at tho 12 it gen o Commonwealth conference. Douglas county will pay $111,000 less tuxes than in 1914. Polk county hns ngreed to pay one third of tho-cost of n $225,000 stool bridge ncross tho Wlllnmctto nt Sal em. Tho Linn county tnx lovy Is re duced thrco mills from Inst yenr. Jackson county spent this yonr on good ronds $500,000. Tho Pnclflc highway cost $325,000. A const roprcscntntlvo of LIbby, McNlel. & Llbby hns been In confer ence with business men at Tho Dnllcs to establish a cannery thoro. A jilnnt to mnnufneturo veterinary remedies Is to bo established In Port land. Tho Commonwealth Conferciico nt Eugono Inst weok endorsed consolldn tlon of all stnto boards nnd commis sions uiidor a fow heads. Astorln's new buildings this scnsoii total $125,000. Negotiations nro pending between !Jl..rt n.MJ(.-rf-n-antfnintlinn1 llflllR iMVU LUIIID IUI "I""'' ...... .... cs nro being established In Porllnnd. Tho Columbia Highway from As torla to Pendloton Is to ho completed by July 1, 1915, Bays Major IJowlby Salom hns nn offor of a boot sugar industry upon supplying a sufficient ncrongo of boots nnd raising a sub sidy of $250,000. Tlio Sound Construction Company of Sonttlo was Iho Bttccosst,ul bidder on tho Medford Fbdornl building. Tho Elliot Contracting Company of ! Portland will build tho A'nncouvor municipal jotty. L. Dyslngor, Roschnrg, oxpects to show u set of fumlturo niiulo of deer nntlors worth $5000 nt tho Panama Exposition. h. .T. Hlron Is planning to open a stono quarry four miles south of Drownsvllle. Tho Emplro Mnnufncturlng Coin pnny of Spokane nnd tho Pendloton Iron AVorks, hnvo asked Pendloton citizens to (subscribe for stock of a cpiiHolldntcd company plaunod to mnnufneturo n rotary pump, Icolcss rofrlgornto'r, split wood pulley nnd other nrtlclos, At Illllsboro twonty rond districts of tho county hnvo levied special rond tnxes for rock balhiBtod ronds to bo built during tho coming yenr. A flve-stnmp mill Is to stnrt nt onco In tho Gold Lcnf mine, Duhomla dlstr l i rlct. J Tho Corvnllls ennnory is bolng ro orgnnlzod with a larger capital. At Albany II. P. AVhlto has Invent :J LADIES' ""ir1"? 1 $27.50 Suits J$ U t . as AM AS r,'W Ml. I lS - SPECIAL 13 I LADIES' I OPEjTl $20.00 Suits EVENINGSja tho Uakor Commercial Club nnd tho cd a combination ntop ladder and i Union Pacific Hallway to ostabllsh In ; Ironing hoard Mint tinny bo mnnufne Dakor two factoilos. ono n wool- tared thoro. IcotloiiB must bo either unsealed, , BC0Urig pinut nnd tho other a furnl-1 Oqt of 90 mbmhbrs of'thd logitlln- or written on postenrds, Ono family complained thnt It rccolved lottorfl from a son nlmost ' dally, but aftor a month of wnr lioi had not rccolved a single word from home. Investigation showed thnt eaclu-of tho letters wrltton by turo factory. turo, thirty-eight aro 'lAvyor'. ' PEOPLES FORUMI Bl000 Coqullle and KliiMmv be Tho Coos Hay Times will tho Pleased to nubllsli letters from Its bov'B niotlior contained such words iiwlera on all questloiiB of public to bo Aided j and lilfcMivlnjj Statfrni I'lvcd i PORTLAND, Or., Doc. 21. Hop """ I .-I -t..t...- l.l .. 1 .!.! I w... ......, w.., .uv. ... ",. as ''desolation" nnd "dospnlr." Shoi"" '"' f,. A- ..n-.ii.tn iimiVn. i,! rosontntlvo Lnf forty tolegrnphod to 11. wns told thnt her son wns Beolng'jGO vords. In publishing thoso let-'1- Merrick, his prlvnto nonrotary, in I ivlng been killed or taken prls-Jfrom Btntoinouta mndo by Schiller lollor chnnged, nnd now thoy nro . Mr. Pohl luiH moro thnn a Horinnnn, who wns in tho county this lnrr!vI"ff l,ro,l,'' weok. Tho Roscburg railroad conl-1 """ wc' ' " nn" l hiiiihiioiii mlttco will build about 15 miles with f ;w"n" cIoth "g n"rt ,ot1hor com" tho money that will brf nvnllnhlo i J?'18 U' "V",0 tcndcir1rito do ay from the snlo of tho bond issue. It "". ." Mor.y Io(ttorB; , rho n"to , . ..,,... ,ii. niohllo club volunteered tn sorvlcos Is also stnted thnt tho proposod lliio n. .. , , , ,,. . , ... ,'.,,,., nna hundreds of nutomob Ion enr wlll ho tin oloctrlc rond and thnt in!... , ... ,, . . .. . , ... i ivii jmtmiKun i iiiu uuiiunua, uniil tho GormniiH uccamo nwaro of tho nrrniiRo'iTicnf. Thoy enptured ton CUT .AIANV TIES. Tho railroad tlo cutting Industry has grown to consldornblo propor tions In Coos nnd northern Curry during tho pnst yonr. Tlo camps hnvo been established along tho Co qulUo RIvor until now thoro nro bov ornl hundred men employed in this work. At Port Orford, E. J. Loney lias a crow of from 30 to 35 men nt work in tho woods, and several haul- onough dcsolntlon nt tho front nnd1 'era Tho Tlmos doos not indorse. did not need to honr nbout tho do- ' 10 cw,8, oxproMoU tlioroln; It li ..ni n i.n,n nun ot,.i ... 8"llv (ifforiling a mcniiH for tho spnlr nt homo. Tho stylo of tho v..it.t..n- r ,iiffVn.. ..i.,in..u .. ,.ti riUi'FtltuiH (meeting tho public wol furc. IHSAt.'HEKK WITH Itlil'OUT tlmo will bo taken ovor by nnd mndo a pnrt of tho Oregon Electric be tween Portland nnd Coob IJny. Myrtlo Point Enterprise PORT ORFORD FAMINE. A scarcity of liny exists nt Port 1 Orford nnd sevornl toaius nro not i working thnt would otherwise bo do ers expect to keep tholr teams golng!iK B0. Tho Rustlor brought n fow all winter. This force of men will bo added to until thoro will prob- 1ml es on her Inst trip, hut enough to materially relievo tho situation. An ably bo fifty tit work In tho nonr fu- offort Is bolng mndo to got n coiibIiI- turo. Tho teniiiHtero only expect to mnko "food" during tho winter mouths, hut tho cutters average $2.50 to $3.50 a day. With tho lumber mnrket demoralized nnd work scarco in othor lines, tho tie cutting Industry is a big help to this section of tho const. Port Orford Tribune. orablo shipment direct from tho city. Port Orford Tribune AVRi:STI,IN(J IN CUItltV. Editor Tlmos: I beg loavo to dls agroo most heartily with my good friend, tho rhnlrmnn' of tho Soclnl Sorvlao committee of tho Fellowship Club,' who makes tho Btnrtllng ro ltorV'thurihoroTB UXtlo 'need for holp hero In fffiftlntf Iho Industrial this city, announcing thnt tho House Committee on Iutorstnlo and Foreign Commorco reported n bill approprlat-' Ing $18,000 for Improvement of navi gation iiiul establishment of a llfo-1 saving station on tho CoqulUo nnd ' Sluslaw Rivers and thnt ho iind bean dcslguntod to roport a bill carrying ' $12,000 for tho llfosnvlu Htntlou which is to ho loented nonr tho ' mouth of tho Sluslaw River. motor enrs fillod with nnckairoH r . Irolon. I can, hardly umlpratanil honvy undorwenr, Jorsoya, Bwoators, ' tl10 following .Bst(it(imcnt credited to tobneco. clrngottos. cicnrB. nines and i lllm' ,. ,nst nlK'Utt Ibbo: "Hero It la SHIPA'ARDS ARE IHISV. - elgnrotto lighters. Somo fond nioth orB sent preserves, enkos, cold 'chlok-' ago thnt mot with nn nreldout on houto wns found to contain even Mi bottlo of perfume. fnr' 1)0 1 nti fltfil l.fl(n.f1n.fr.la.r.rna r..n ntrl OW io conirnuici nils, lainor tno good """ ""' .- , chnlrmnn wns out. n tlm inlni.i.mm 'rolglit rntoH high, croatlng an in- I)r AMoolatol Vttti to Cooa Ilr TImM, LONDON, Doc. 22. Tho vnrlotw rlnto l)roinbor, and thurq hao' llh"nB yards nro now nH hiiBy, it booiii alnglo cnfl for help." My tl,0"Bl1 t,lcro wns 110 wr- ,-n smair expo-rlonco Would scorn Tll ,oftfl otJ '"""' B,,1')8' (Iuo tn( FKJIIT ON SKIIS I girl Is sometimes, when tho cnlln cron80ll lomnnil for now tonnngo 'nro roglstorod, or olno It Is nnothor n" wo" "H nono ropajra on old MEAN OLD Tlll.Vd. A Norway girl told hor ehiim that slm didn't llko tho horse that hor best follow drovo, for ovory tlmo tho fool heard a kiss ho thought ho wns being urged to trot and tho aforo b.ild fellow hail to grab tho Uiioh with both hands. Myrtlo Point Enterprise. A wrostllng match botwoon AW R Coy of Eucltro Crook and J. It. Stan- now nurd of (Jold Uoiich, will tako plnco In Gold Roach In tho nttoruoon of Christinas Day, December 25. Tho wrestling match nt Langlois Christmas night botwoon Lostor AVhlto mid Poroy Xtimwnlt Is croatlng coiisldurnblo Interest at this place. Port Orford Trlhiiuo. ensn of tho ostrich hiding Its head In tho nud or onpturod craft. Tho repairing ynrdH aro full with ordoiB, mid Wt AtMclttol rr.t tn Coo flu Tltutn.) OKNKVA, Doc. 22. AVI th tho ar rival of deop biio'w on tho French (lormnn frontlor, especlully In Al- snrn-T.nrrnlnA mwl IIia Vnunnu tlm Alplno roglmontB on both side's nro l nml tho B,',ft1,083 "" w'' unit our wny, ill liopo Ol gOltlllg sours Alplns, whoso hoatlquartorB In tTT-V , ,, k ' . , K muw iiiu JUIIU..IIIK 1VU11IM IU1IUUII it part 'of tho roport; "Hut wo are I qtilto agree with tho doslro of!"ow onmors nro not bolng gunr tho committee not to hnvo it ad vertised thnt this city l giving charity, for thoro might bo no ond to tho Btrenmlng tldo of tho worth- AVhlto pine nnd yellow pluo nro penco tlmo nro at Clmmpnlx and (ronnbln. nrn nt Iminn nn ukllu mwl can travel long d.BtnncoH without l!,l10':0 ,tlinn wll""K to,ntton" to any fntlLMio. LnKt winter n wlmlo rnpl.l'""1 "" u," mont, fully oqulppod. ellnibod tho;61!""1 r?adjr to (, "vr Xml" AloB Mont Illanc on sklls, not a man falling out of tho ranks. nnteod for onrly dollvory owing to prossuro of work. A miggostlon hns boon mndo by tho Nowcnstlo Chnmbor of Com morco ndvlsory commlttoo that gotuo of tho Austrian nnd Gorman tonm- i ors now tied up In Hiitish harbors should ho omployod to rollovo tho prosout Hhortngo of tonnngo. Mer chants, oqpoclnlly In tho coal t ratio, nnd nt all tlmos I nro K"rfing lnconvonlonce tliroiigh, tins Bliortngo, which wns caiiRod Itviiii nii,.H .k b, ... .. I partly by their vossola bolmr ron- .... .....Vi.o " IM IHW1! VJi IIIU14 I1UUII- ' , ... ling work. ..will you allpw mo to ,lll"'"l by tho govornment nnd I send thorn to von. Mr. nimirmnn. I ,y ,,0,a,s nil(1 ngostlon nt foreign -ii . r -- "F --- -! ! mvo uccwAion to cor Times you. that you nlny havo ULL-miun tn cor. I1""8- " " o Atimiraity Im Tho itnnunl cut of Rrltlnh Colnm-'roct tho hoadllnoB: "Fow Out of 8orlouBl' considering tho proposal. tho woods most used for boxes, lilu tlmlior Is iipproxituntoly two Work In City." AVateh out, Mr. . . and enth rontrliiulOB moro tiinn a uiiiion (oet. micro nro -isu miiig aim Liinirmnn, uiey nro coming your wnnt nils will do it for niHIon feet to the box Industry an-,790 logging cnnips in the province, wny. nunly. employing nbout 00,000 men. HUMILIS CIVIS. Tho town forest of Hndeii-Iladeu, Oorinnny, yield nn annual profit of $5.25 per acre, or n total not profit of nearly $07,500. For The 9A M Alt urasiiisos u 'inner This is i.lio oiio imporimil holicluviiipnlof the (hviiioi' cvun ilmii Tlmnk.s.-iviiiKj)t.(niiso ics in u 1,'U'goL' dogi'Oo tho spirit of joy mid fcstiS, .' CHOICE GROCERIB .M9. .1y amUcsUritr, Ollivonti & Weaver The Pure Food Grocers pride Ihcinsclvos on having made elaborate prtpir alions for. 0 The CSrlstmas Feast . . . . ul this sloro you will i'ind overythiiif? fortfceu hlo that Avill add to tho-gladness of a Rala wm. Among tho good things thai Avill add totlieekroi Iho Ohi'istnias Hay dinner. and which you mM at this story avo may liiontion: . If oat Whin tint: lltsUw' Puva U'uu-q iALeat, Plum PiuUing, Stvffd mangoes, and 5-t otheivseasoiiahlc goods o tie k inoul WwSol piVcliw, HkulTed Dates, l0jj for K'aisius, lrosh Pineapples, Grapes, Owi nananas, Nice Uod Yakima Applps, Fancy C1I9 Olory, Brussels Sprouts, Fresh I rend Lettuce, A complete line of hVosh Fruits and YcgctaMft A large sto.ek.yl' candies and new crop nuts of 3 kinds. A good pjdca-lo do your Chmhnas tradivg o MV fVi 9 XB W Ji i .1 t & weava u ani 1 1 The Pure Food Grocers (Junior Thiwl nml (Vnlml Avfinif. M""1 mmmwmmmtm"' I Times Want Ads Bring Res HBMMMBBMMHBHBBBHWHHjHHBMBi hMHMiHBt"'H,MlWMi1iMiWfm'f4J'l lMiH'lil,iVl !lWWHJlitfii m h f c'- ,-n-n I lOlliPf Only Two Days Until Christmas Remember One-fourth Off on All Small Toys. Save Money by Buyin doing & Harvey's is also the place Avhere people go to buy their useful and practical Christmas presents for tho home. Substan tial and serviceable articles thai Avill make life happier Christinas Day and every day in the year GOING MAK. V EY 1 n'ci 1 ri'"",''jp Here Hil B :- -:- -:- YmXSasfiW Santa Clans Headquarters for Coos County M ur?iy2 A