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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1015 EVENING EDITION.
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(.Special to The Times. (Special to. The Times.)
POUT ORFORD, Ore.. Aug. 27. ) nAN'DO.V. Oro., Auk. 27. Hnuilcm
That there Is (treat development nt tho present time prooiit (iilto a
promised for southwestern Oregon ,lmj. appearance In the way of bulld
In the war future Is the belief of jnR nmj gradually the big vacancy In
Hon. Hiuger Herninnn, who camo to j,e oentor of tho rlty caused liy tins
Port Orford to attend the Agate i (uIRBtiou8 fire Is being filled tip.
Carnival and to visit frlenda lit the
locality. Air. Ilernianu, with mem
bers of his family, is leaving for his
homo in Rosoburg, making the trip
In auto to Myrtle Point and front
there to Roseburg.
Probably no one In attendance nt
the carnival enjoyed the visit more
than Mr. Hermann for th reason
that It rocalled for lilm old times
and old friends.
"It was Just 58 years ago when I
first came to Port Orford," said Mr.
Hermann In speaking of his present
visit. "At that time Port Orford
was tho soaport for all of this part
of Oregon. It was tho first place
In southern Orogon that I reached
and I naturally havo a vory kindly
feeling for tho locality. I wont from
I hero with tho colony to the Co-
'qulllo Valloy and thon to' Roseburg
when? I havo since lived but I on-
j Joy coming back to the first place
i that I roachod ln Orogon."
"1 thought nt that tlmo that this
place was to bo nn Important one
some day and 1 still hold that same
hollof. In fact I am vory enthusias
tic about tho dovolopmout of this
part of tho country. Southwestern
Orogon la to bo a groat locality". A
railroad is now building from the
main lino of tho Southern Pnclflc
Into Coos Hny. I firmly hellovo that
thla road will extend on down the
roast nnd dovelop Curry County.
Hut I nin convinced of still moro
railroad building. I think tho next
move will bo a lino from Roseburg
to Coos Hay nlong tho middle fori:
of tho Coiiuillo Illver. This, 1 think
Is n certainty because of the large
amount of valuable timber in that
locality which must be taken out
by the owners nnd which can only
bo moved by a railroad.
and with bettor business building:)
than the city had before tho district
was destroyed. Hulldlngs just com
pleted or In tho course of construc
tion ropresont an expenditure of
about $115,000.
Tho Johnson building was finish
ed nt a cost of nbotit $(5,000 and
tho Stophons building will cost about
$0,000. Tho II. 11. block is now be
ing built nnd will cost $12,000. It
is a fine structuro on one of tho main
cornors. Down stairs will bo storo
rooms nnd on tho second floor will
bo offlco rooms which will bo fur
nished to suit tho needs of the ten
ants as they aro routed.
Othors who own property are con
templating tho erection of buildings
in tho spring so that finally the big
spaco In tho contor of tho city which
a fow months ago showed tho form
er buildings burned to the ground,
will bo orcuplcd by modom business
blocks. Tltoro has been a now era
In building nt llandon and everyth
ing that Is being erected now Is of
a substantia nature
Tho flro camo at a tlmo when It
wns dUflcut to Bocuro money for In
vestment and such a largo territory
was burned that tho blow was a
sovoro ono for tho cltj nnd for many
Individuals, but In splto or financial
dlfflcultloB in ninny places llandon
Is building up u finer city than be
fore, and moreover it is stated that
theso Improvements aro being tnk
on enro of by local capital.
I ETER1 TO
RETIRE
PKXSIOX .IAMKS LANfil.OIS,
icicKPKii ok hlanco lkiiit
"At HnamlmiMr thft lffttnlnll llt-n.
thors of Pittsburg are to build a! Official Xotleo of Rewind for Forty
big liimbor mill and a railroad thirty
miles In length which will extend
Into tho timber district. With these
links of road completed the Hues
will bo oxteudod so as to roach ac
ross the state and connect with the
Northwestern and thon wo will have
n transcontinental road, ami south
ern Oregon will boo one of tho great
est developments In the history of
tho west.
"I do not think that 1 am over
onthuslastlc. 1 feel certain that this
Is what is to happen and although
it wns 58 yoars ago when 1 lauded
In Port Orford and was Impressed
with tho possibilities of southwestern
Oregon I am now more fully con
vinced than over that my Judgment
about this part of the Pacific coast
country was well founded.
"That Is the reason It gives mo
mull pleasure to lie In Port Orford,
mid with Its natural advantages as
a harbor 1 fully expect one day to
uoo It an liupoi'taul horuor of the
no'itthern Oregon Coast."
Xot IJi'-t SihmmIi.
Previous to tho Agate carnival,
it was advertised that Mr. Herniuiiu
was to be one of tho principal speak
ers of the carnival celebration but
Jt had also boon announced In some
paper that this would bo the lust
time that Mr. Herman would appear
before the public as a speaker. He
was asked at to this point and
as to why he had decided not to ap
pear In public ugaiu, If such was the
cusc.
"Goodness gracious, no," said Mr.
Herman, "I had no suck Idea. It
must have been a Joke on me. Koi
many years I have lived at ltose
burg and at Washington, 1). C, and
nt both places I have done quite a
good deal of public speaking and 1
have no Idea of slopping now. A
man can never say that ho has
spokin for the last time until he
must answer the flual call. I love
Years of Faithful Scrvleo
Duo Xet Spring:
(Special to Tho Times.)
POItT OKFOHI). Oro., Aug. 1'7.
After sorvlng as keeper for n light
houso nt ono point for about forty
yours, Jnmos Langlols, who Is In
chargo of tho light station at Capo
Hlanco, may bo pensioned by the
government next spring Thoro has
boon no official announcement of tho
kind but tho report Is that Mr. l.ang
lols' long years of sorvlco at ono of
tho important lights on tho Oregon
const uro to bo thus recognized.
Several years ago tho government
bad built a rino $ti.utiu resilience ior i0Bay
Mr. Lnnglola and ho ami ma lamiiy
aro (iilto comfortably located but he
has put In u largo portion of his life
at Capo Hlanco and raised his family
thoro and It Ih understood on vory
good authority that bis futhful per
formance of duly for so many years
will be rewarded by a well dosorved
lest ami pension.
Cap" Hlanco has ulwnys been re-
crmtv eorxTY (.it.xi .iritv ix
i:stk;atjx(; allf.okd cki.mkk
Fverj thing Fn in Slaughter of Sheep
1 Hugs Hogs to .Minder lie I'o le
Them
(Special to The Times.)
GOLD I1KAC1I, Ore., Aug. 27.
Killings of mnny kinds are being
luvostlgnted by tho grand Jury and
ell cult court of Curry County. There
has been considerable killing of u
sheep, killing of n dog, killing of n
deer, killing of a hog, and there
was also to be taken up tho killing
of a man but the slayer In that
ease stopped proceedings by being
found dead In Flores hake where
he hud committed suicide.
'I ho Mini Killing
The fact of tho matter Is that
thoro might havo been considerable
difficulty In securing an Indictment
iigalnst K. 11. Xeff, for tho murder
of A. J. Wlttninnn nt Lakeport.
There wore no eyewitnesses and
nothing to connect Xeff with tho
murder excepting tho empty siicll
which fitted Xeff's gun and found
near tho body nnd the notes which
Xoff left behind. Hut he could havo
been easily Indicted for attempting
to kill Charles Walker, the school
teacher, whom ho shot at but did
not wound and who took his gun
away from him.
However, Xeff having been found
dead In tho lake whore ho- had com
mitted suicide tho man killing case
will not require a grand Jury Inves
tigation. The Sheep Killing.
The sheep killing case created
much Interest. It was alleged that
Asa Carey killed and ate a pet sheep
owned by Willis White. Tho case
Is ono which has been hanging fire.
It Is said that .left Hayes was tho
chief witness and that ho Is not
In the country uny more, llowover,
tho grand Jury apparently did not
havo sufficient evidence and re
turned not a Into bill and tho de
fendant was discharged and the
bonds released.
The Hog Killing
Tho hog killing case It Is 'Haul,
will bo iiilto Interesting when It
comes to trial. An indictment wns
returned ngnlust a man for killing
ono or moro bogs and tho hog kill
er will bo arrested. Ono witness
boforo tho grand Jury wns brought
many miles from back In the moun
tains to testify In tho case. Whilo
tho details of the charge In tho In
dictment havo not yet been made
known, It Is said that It will bo
alleged that tho accused killed
nnd butchered u hog owned by an
other man.
Other Killing.
Tiio dog killing caso wafl dropped
on account of some technical errors.
Thoro wore aevoral deer killing enses
wlioro It was alleged that tho ac
cused slaughtered the game out of
season. Ono lunn Is in Jail await
ing Indictment on a chargo of hav
ing deer meat In his possession 11-
CTKItV COl'XTY (2RAXD Jl'ltV IX-
vi:stk;ati:h lakkpoiit school
Woit.v Over Reported Shortage In
District Funils Caused Xeff-
Wlttmiiiiii Deaths
A Xeai' Killing.
Coleman Hoberts was ono of tho
two prisoners who wore waiting
for tho grand Jury to net. Ho was
arrested In the southern part of the
county and It Is nlloged that ho
pounded another man with a ham
nior, so sovoroly that his victim was
Imdly hurt.
Theie are several other matters
garded as an Isolated spot. It Is which may ho Investigated and which
about five miles from the main conn- may develop highly sensational fea-
ty road and formerly thoro was onl.v tines.
a trail from tho road to the station.
Hut now a good road has been built Times want ads bring results,
troin tho main county hlghn and ' ' " j
It Is passable for an automobile or n a h-n -pr prvri n
wagon. This puts tho capo In much tr"A g SP fif I&I S
closer connection with tho rest of "8-1 Ji LVIrlLvJ
the country.
Koopor Langlols baa two assist
ants. The second assistant, X. '
Xead, recently urrlved to take the
nosltlon. He comes from Dustruc-
tlou Island to Hlanco ami Is a man
I with a good loconl in the light house i short Klhw Hoof
servlco. il'lioh-o Pot Itoast
In addition to the light house the'ltiimp Itoast ...
I naval wlrcles station Is located at! Sirloin Steal; .,
I the eapo. Tho wireless boys have T-Hono Steaks ..
an automobile in which they can gel Itound Steak ..
about and thla gives them a closer j 1Mb Steaks
(Special to The Times.)
(IOM) H12ACII, Ore., Aug. 27.
While tho body of It. H. Xeff, mur-derer-sulcldo,
nnd torrorlzor of tho
Lakeport neighborhood, was being
dragged from Flores Lake where
tiio fugitive lind ended his life, tho
grand Jury of the Curry County
eh cult court wns starting a probo
into the financial affairs of the
Lakeport district which arc said to
have led up to the killing.
It appears that there has been
discovered a shortage In tho school
funds nmounttng to some $00.
Thoso acquainted with Xeff say
that the old man had worried about
tho school shortage and feared that
ho, as n property owner, would suf
fer financially when tax payers must
mnko up the shortage.
It Is explained that Xeff lived
alone and brooded over tho matter.
Ho was against Charles Walker, tho
teacher, nnd whoso wife Is clerk of
the district. Xeff attempted to kill
Walker but did not succeed. It Is
supposed Xeff killed Wlttninnn bc
causo ho thought Wlttninnn was a
sympathizer with Walker.
Then tho grand Jury started an In
vestigation of the financial affairs
of the school district. Tho money
troubles of tho school havo caused
n murder and a suicide and some one
may bo found guilty of causing tho
shortage.
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LOSS
CALKIXS HOLDS THAT
is wiTiiorr axquisii
Kven Though the Ciiiiluc Is Worth
)ji7."0, Owner Does Xot Suffer
Serious Pain
Tomorrow, Saturday, wo will .sell
iiicalh for tho following low
prices
FOIt CASH OXLV
Per Lb.
Honing Hoofs Hie
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connection with the towns. On in-! Mutton Stow
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PORT ORFORD BRASS
BAND IS A FINE ONE
leader It. V. ltuffiiu Has d'ooil Mil-
si en I Organization Ono of
Attractions Tlicro
(Special to Tho Times.)
POUT OKFOIU), Ore., Aug. 27.
One feature of public entertainment
In Port Orford which uttrncts more
attention than anything else Is tho
hraBn baud. It la known ;iu the
Port Orfonl Hand nnd It is a mu
Blcal organization which would do
credit to any locality and which
furnishes much enjoyment for tho
pcoplo of tho place. Tho band
plays for local dances nnd on other
occasions and at tho Agato Carni
val was ono of tiio big drawing
curds, furnishing music through tho
day and for tho dances ovory night.
In an enormous dance hall which
was erected for tho occasion tho
band allured hundreds to the dance
floor.
Tho band bus only been playing
for the past four mouths hut the
members havo taken hold of rlio
work with much enthusiasm, They
decided that a good hand was ono
of the host lulvortlsoinonts for tho
pluco and they sot about to make
their band n really good ono nnd
succeeded,
Tho lender of tho band Is H. W.
Iluffuii who camo from' Arngo. Mr.
Huffuu has been lender of olght
different bands In tho stnto and had
given up band work but when ho
camo to Port Orford ho found tho
band boys making a strugglo to or
ganize so agroed to tako them In
hand. Ills efforts liuvo been re
warded by a splendidly trained mu
sical body which will do much to
ndvoiilso Port Orford.
The following nro tho membors
of tho band: X. H. Larson, Jack
Zunnvnlt. Louis Knnpp, Win Cope,
Itobort Thorn, Andrew Spurgeon.
Lynn Woodcock, .Mori Woodcock,
Weston Zumwult. Clyde Davidson,
Lowell Johnson, Delinnr Wright, K.
.1. Loney, Kugeno White, Herbert
Unlcnn, Hornll Forty, John Stone,
X. F. Woodcock.
BAD RIVER INDIANS
NOW RICHEST TRIBE
Xeaiiy Million Dollars Worth of Pine
Timber Xear Ashland, Wis.,
to bo Sold
ASHLAND. Wis.. Aug. 27. Pino
Umber valued at $820,000 on tho
unci itiver reservation, near Ash
tllr AnotlaleJ rfl to Cto Day Tlran.1
COLD HEACH, Oro., Aug. 27.
Loss of a dog, although the niiimal
mny bo valued at $7fi0, cannot cnuso
tho owner any mental anguish, ac
cording to tho decision of Circuit
Court Judgo Calkins In an Inter
esting damage case which cnine up
at their term of the Curry County
circuit court. The caso did not
come to trial but It went far enough
to bring out some unusual details, j
A man named Fox owned a fine i
Alredalo terrier which was killed j
by two other men. It Is understood '
that tho defense did not intend to
deny the Tnet that the dog was kill
ed but intended to allege that the .
dog had killed a hog and In re-
tallatlon the dog was killed.
Asked Dig Damages. .
Tho owner of tho dog brought
suit for $750 for tho value of the
dog and $100 further damages be
cause of tho mental anguish caused
by the untimely death of the dog.
The defense filed a demurrer. It -was
alleged by tho owner In his
bill that tho dog was worth $750 lie-,
ciuiBo It had been trained to kill '
varmints upon which large bounties
arc paid and that consequently the
d'fg was capable of earning the
owner largo sums of money and
was therefore worth $750 and that
loss to that amount was sustained
by reason or his being killed.
.Might Xot be (i'ooiI
The defendants In the demurrer'
claimed that while tho dog may
havo been trained to kill wild ani
mals It was not shown that the
animals had over killed any and
thereforo was not shown to be of
any great value.
On this point the Judgo decided
that tho plaintiff should not have
Introduced ovldenco In tho com-,
plaint, and that It would havo been'
proper to hnvo stated tho value of
the dog but that tho reason of such
vnlue should havo been proved la
ter by evidence.
Xo .Mental Anguish.
On tho point of wnntlng $100 for
casing or the mental anguish tho
defense claimed In tho demurrer that
tho owner could not feol anguish
for tho loss or a dog but could on
ly expoiionco such feeling as In re
lation to a human being.
Fpheld ,y .Judge.
Judge Calkins sustained this con
tention. Ho held that the loss of
personal proporty could not bring
nbotit mental anguish in n hiiinnn
being, unil a dog In the eyes of the
law Is personal property. Tho own
er of tho dog thoroforo cannot get
$100 on that score and thoro Is now
on record a circuit court decision
in Curry County that tho death of
a dog cannot cnuso the owner any
pain, howover valuable or faithful
tho dog may ho.
In Wrong Komi,
Judgo Calkins hold that tho ob
jection to the complaint should not
havo been brought In tho shapo of
a demurrer unless against tho wholo
complaint. Ho said It should havo
been asked to strike each separato
paragraph from tho complaint but'ho
allowed tho clmngo to bo made in
ordor that tho points nt issue could
ho brought out.
Tho caso In Its present stato was
thus dropped which was disappoint
ing to many dog owners In the
court room who were anxious to see
what would bo tho final issue.
Dog-, Valuable.
Dogs In Curry County aro highly
Important personal proporty because
they are used for hunting purposes
and for handling horses and cattle
and also because all dogs are as
sessed at a valuation of $100 each
so thoy must bo worth whllo keep
ing ami suirtciently busy to earn
their taxes,
If money is spent properly you never regret it Pan
at the PARISIAN and buy your Fall Outfit. ba"
EVERYTHING FOR MEN
$30.00 SUITS for $22,50
WATCH OUR WINDOWS
Special Lard Sale
5-lb. Buckets
10-lb. Buckets
- 65c
- $1.25
PALACE MEAT MARKET
Phone 406 J 1 80 No. Broadway
Children calling and telephone orders given special attention
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AH 8:00 A. M. AXD FKOM I'OHTLAND KVKHY THURSDAY
AT A. M.
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Weekly Service Coos Bay and San Francisco.
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Will Sail From San Francisco, Tuesday, August 24,
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Coos Bay Agent, C. F. McGEORGE, Phone 44
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Making
Business
Better
A.. ... . i Iia univnLi a awl full i (h.nt
i . M...i... Jl .. ..i. .!..!. ' count f tiio 0xpeno of frolulitlitK fenonulor .Mutton .
ZSZZrZ rZ.,-1 do " nment has - -' M,.on Chop.
rttitmiiitLi4Lkii tit. iitni'lMiv it ill,! I JlK ill 11 I lUll
foi I'ort Orford. No, my uddre-t-scs "-'..." "
nt the I'ort Orford carnival wore i "'..- p....... ....... ,,,..,. ,. i the timber
t;
wlrl.MU vlHlln.i lYiim lllun..n In Con i I.Olll .MllltOIl OlOllS Lie l,,J l 1110 lllteitOr. Ill addition 10
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STOXF.S FLY AT orAltHY
A blast at tho quarry raised a
500 pound stono which in Its fall
camo through tho roof that rm-m-a
land, will bo distributed among r. 17 tho Lolstlug oiigluo to the south of
.milium, mini; 01 wiioiii uro cuiuncii, mo cui. tiio stone hit tho
iiiuiuiiiK 10 oiiicuu uoiico received ;oi uio engine and made
ny tne Indian office from tho sorco- dent In It. o n . :
."v... uvi-iiBiuu a
in me j-uii u..wn. ei nun.-- ...,,,,, , . . ' i nin v.ii pimiw , -. uie uiuuer, eac a Indian will havo tl- . ,v n in i
by no moans my last public .ppcar- ""' " " l' ' vrhul , J c' ;,lo to tho land on which tl'o timber relo ftho Queen Anno cottage,
.1C0." It will probably not bo before mniiy " " " i l ""l We. stands, avoraglng about SO acres for Handon Recorder.
That Mr. Iloruuui will 1 a public moiillw. Tho present crow In
weaker for muy yort to come Jgir,inr W1" ,,Kll ,w " u,,"t"
quite evldwit If one may Judge bythe' ' "" L-hunjio In tho location,
his present appearance. He looks Tho wireless boys eanio from. a Me
ten years younger tbuu be did flveIco station ami it U qulto probable
vHi-ii an snd one not aeouaiiited that they will be tent back to that
with his long resilience In Oregon
could hare scarcely believed that
part of the coast as tuo wirelosH men -in
the navy who speak Spanish and'
moio than half a century aw he j who are aouiiaiuted with tho .spun
y.uti one of the pioneers who ualMdiu lekJut people aro In demand j
build up the coast country. for those po'its.
Leg of l.miib
Fork Chops
Should Fork
I.olu Fork .
Log of Fork
Corn lloef .
Veal Stew .
Shoulder
Shoulder
We leach norsou
Lie ! It Is claimed by govorntneut ex-
Uoast l.'e ' ,01t8 Wat the Chlppowa Indlnns of
mo Had Klvor reservation tiro tho
richest trlbo in America, with ono
'exception. They havo moro than a
i million and a half dollars to their
credit In tho vaults of Ashland and
boiler
a large
largo stono was sent down
In tne
, IHc
, I (le
, l'V
, toe
Ye:il tac , Wiluth from tho salo of plno from
vul Chops Mel rormop allotments.
Enterprise Market
I .Havo jour programs printed lit
'Jiio Tliues offlco.
SAVE MONEY
by ordering tho famous
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Nut coal, per ton $li00
Lump coal, par ton ! !$.l'.B0
Or half ton of both !$L7fl
1. MUSSO.V, Prop!
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lllllyer'a Cigar Storo.
D
KSP1TI3 tho handicap
of war, business Is on
tho up grade. If each
one of us contributes
u Httlo oxtrn push it
will soon bo hotter.
It moans trying harder and
keeping at It longer.
It means continual optimism
ami faith In tho future.
And It means careful, sustain
ed, well planned nowspnpor ad
vertising in many Instances.
The Coos
Bay Times
will bo glad to assist thoso who
want suggestions as to holp
push business.
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