THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 191S-EVEN1NG EDITION.
SECTION TWO PAGE SIX
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Improvements Madle
On Coqoille River Harbor
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lOQUILLE rivor hb a linrbor hns
been Improved to Bitch nn ex
tent that It Is reaching nn im
portance It novor boforo had on tho
Oregon coast. Work linB been done
by the port of Bandon and by tlio
'government as well.
For tho government projoct thoro
wflB an appropriation of $90,000.
Whon tho prcaont work Ib complet
ed hbbut $70,000 to $72,000 of this
monoy will have been used and tlio
port commission will aBk for the
further expenditure of tho rest
of tho money, and will put up more
monoy to bo spent with it.
Jetty Wns Built
Tho government project has been
in charge of Englneor O. It. Wright
who haB boon located at Bandon
and has given the work Ills personal
Biipcrvlslon. David Patterson has
boon fornmn of tho work. Thoro
has boon built on tho north side of
lho river a now jetty which cuts
o'ff tho aldo channel of water which,
coming across tho sand caused n
shoal In tho main chnnnol of tho
rlvor. This north Jotty extendca
eg it is will In brief, causa tho river
to Hcour out and deepen tho water
on tho bar. The Improvement is a
highly important olio niul greatly
Improves tho entranco of tho har
bor. To do this work n quarry was
'openod at tho old Tapper rock,
which samo rock was used years
ago in tho Jetty. Tho rock was
transported on a tramway and used
to build tho Jotty.
bar more of tho south Jotty which
would oxtciul it almost a straight
lino in front of tho city. This
Tho Tort Proposal
What tho Port of Bandon now
proposes Is to hnvo built Inside tho
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THE WATER CO. HAS
PUT NEW SERVICE
IN AT NORTH BEND
$!
THIS hnB been n quiet year with
tho Coos Day Water company,
tho greater part of tholr Im
provements being mado over n year
would provont a flow of wntcr over ago when a young fortuno was spont
a certain territory of tide flats In laying new mains and rolaylng
whoro tho force of the tldo Is now! tho old ones, besides making other
lost, and would hnvo a further tend- improvements. In 1915 about
oncy to keep tho bar scoured out. it! $13,000 was spent In actual Im
provement, nnd this docs hot in
cludo tho thousands of dollars spent
for actual operating expenses.
Tho bulk of this year's work has
been in North Bond whore, bocauso
of lho street Improvements, much
now plpo was laid. Slnco last Ap
ril until somotlmo in September
tho company kopt n crow of men,
running from thrco to eight men,
constantly at work on now con
struction. Cast iron eight Inch pipes woro
laid tho entlro length of tho pav
ing on Sherman, about 3,300 foot.
Thero was laid 300 feet mora on
Washington, about 1,000 feet ro
lald on McPhcrson and now work
on Virginia.
In Marshfiold nbout 1,300 fcot of
now mains was laid and sotno COO
fcot of replacement made.
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WOMEN AND GIRLS
IN DEMAND FOR WORK
la also desired to extend tho north
Jotty still farther.
' Tho Port Commission Is asking
'tho government that tho balanco of
tho appropriation, probably in tho
neighborhood of $20,000 bo avail
able for this purpose and will put
up with it $20,000 which will bo
authorized by a bond Issue.
7 Good Work Dono
Tho Port Commission of tho Port
of Bandon is composed of tho fol
lowing members; President, It. II.
llosai vice president, 13. 10. John
son; troasuror, T. P. Hanley, sec
retary, J. E. Norton; Commissioner,
A. McNalr.
Tho port has dono sohio highly
boncflcinl work. Tho sum of $4C
000' has been expended In dredging.
Tho monoy raised by taxes had ac
cumulated for Bovoral years nnd
with what will bo coming In this
yenr thero will bo enough to sot
llo for tho project. Tho work was
f dono under contract with tho
drodgo Seattle nnd has resulted in
making tho river navigablo from tho
bar to Coqtilllo.
Altogether thoro has boon oxpond
cd by tho government and tho Port
or Bandon something in tho neigh
borhood of $120,000 resulting In
making tho Coqitlllo rlvor a much
flnor shipping point than it hna ov
er been before.
Coquille Has New Postoffice
And Better Water System
-OQUILLK, tho county neat of
I Coos county, has during tho
" past yoar been provided with
ono of tho best postofflros In tho
county. Tho building was erected by
'tho local lodgo of Odd Follows on
property owned by tho organization.
Tho building itself cost $0,000 nnd
tho equipment for tho postoftlco
nearly $2,000 more.
Tho structuro Is ono story high
nnd concroto. On ono sltlo is n
storo room which will bo rented,
and on tho other sldo tho postof
tlco. Tho latter Is handsomely
equipped, Tho woodwork Is of tho
most nttrnctivoly 'grained fir thnt
could bo procurod nnd presents n
most handsome nppenrnnco as tho
patrons enter tho outside lobby.
Tho back part of tho offlco whoro
tho postmaster and his assistants
must work everything Is arranged
in a most convenient manner. Thoro
is n largo backdoor whero a wagon
can drive up and load or unload
ninll nnd everything nbout tho
building was designed to mako it
Just as a modorn postoftlco should
bo arranged.
Now Homes Ilullt """""" ""
Among tho residences that hnvo
boon built during tho yenr In Co
qillllo thoro arc sovornl which nro
exceptionally good. M. O. Hawkins
has built a flno homo, 13. W. Grecg
has erected n very attractive resi
dence and Fred Nosier has also built
a fine house Others In tho city
hnvo put up smaller homos.
tlty Improvement
In 1911 a grent amount of work
was dono in tho way of city Improve
ments bo thero was not so much to
do this yoar. However n number
of small Improvements woro mado
nbout tho city. Tho Mult strcot
brldgo was built. It extends for
nbout 200 feet and cost nbout $000.
H cnrrles tho rondwny over a deep
gully.
Tho county hutlt u sidewalk
around tlio court house. It Is ten
LJcct wldo and makes n total of about
swWeot of walk,
Tho city built nbout 100 fcot of
sidewalk on Taylor stroot, about 100
foot at tlio south end of town nnd
also about 100 feet nt tho south end
of Socond stroot.
IncrpuHo Wntor Supply
' Tho most Important pleco of pub
lic work or tho past your was tho
improvement to tho city wator
works. About $17,000 was expend
ed for this purpose, $17,000 being
raiuod by tho salo of water works
bonds, Tho supply Is an oxcollent
ono and tho water Is brought three
miles, Now plpo was laid, redwood
plpo being used.
There nro two reservoirs nnd
thero Is a pressuro or 100 pounds
Which was not long ago tested out
taxed. Tho city Is ontlroly satis
fied with Its wator supply.
Yenr flood 'Ono
With n now $0,000 postoftlco,
probably $20,000 ponded for now
residences nnd $17,500 for tho Im
provement or Its water supply bo
"aides othor public work dono, tho
pooplo ot Coqtilllo feel thnt thoy
hnvo had n good yoar in 19 10.
MANY 1151 SHIPS
COlA'MlMA UIVKIl liU.MItHU
THAME IB HEAVY
Practically Ever) ono Who" In Cp-
nblo Cnn Easily Kind Employ.
nicnt In London
(11 Awocltttd rrfM I Com Hj Tlmc.J
LONDON, Dec. 10. Owing to nc
ttvo recruiting, tho shortngo ot men
in tho Inbor innrkot hnB become more
hcuto and has greatly Increased tho
demand tor womon and young girls
ns subordinates. Prnctlcnlly overy
ono cnpablo or working, says tne
Board or Trado Labor Qnzotto, has
'nit opportunity or being employed,
; and it Is ovldont thnt still larger
numbers or women and girls not pre
viously employed in trado nnd indus
try nro required In many occupa
tions. Compnred with October 1911,
thoro was a general Improvement, es
pecially mnrked In Industries ongag
ed In supplying tho requirements or
tho forces.
War houdscB nnd Increases In wag
on tnklng efrcct in October affecting
180,000 workpeople amounted to
nbout $110,000 n wook.
Thoro Is n gonernt scnrclty of col
lier workers, fnrm hands nnd nav
vies, nnd tho demand for work pco
'plo Ib still greatly in excess of tho
supply In engineering nnd ship
building nnd mctnl trndes, nnd with
rcgnrd to women, tho domnnd for
textllo workers Is still unsntlsfled.
Interesting Ktiitlstles 'Aro Secured nt
AMorht Custom
I House
ASTOIUA. Ore, Dec. 10. Thlrty-
ftwo VcbsoIb cnrrylng 17,008,014 root
or lumber from tho lowor Columbia
rlvor mills, sailed from this port
during tho mouth or November for
coastslso points. Tho Portland
constwlso lumber vessols number 19
vcbsoIs nnd thoy carried 3,140,000
feet. Six forolgn lumbor vessols
Hnllod from Portland with 3,487,770
root or lumbor valued at $39,201.88.
Two rorolgn lumber vessols sailed
from Astoria taking 2,081, 4G0, val
ued nt $18,800.
A totnl of 72 vessols In tho const
wlso trndo woro entored nt Astoria
during tho month, totaling 107,017
tons. Thoy woro dlvvldod as fol
lows: Steamships, 00; tonnage,
102,209. Sailing vessols, 1; ton
nage, 392, Gasoline schooners, 0;
tonnage 4,4 4 0.
Sovonty-blx vossels cleared from
AHtorla, taking 110,492 tons. Thoy
Avero divided ns follows; Steamships,
G9; tonnage, 109,023; gasoline, G;
tonnage, 477.
Soven vessels entered direct for
eign, totnlllug lC.OOC tons. Enter
ed from or via domostlo ports, 1;
tonungo, 3,773. Cloarod forolgn
domestic, Astoria, two vessels, ton
nage, 1,720. Cleared from Port
land, forolgn domestic, 1 I vessols:
tonungo, 29,043,
INDIGO INDUSTRY '
REVIVED IN CHINA
(Jrwit Demand for tho Product and
Hocord Pi-Icon Aro Now Being
Paid
IDr AivxUtM 1-rrM to tw mjr Tlmrt.)
LONDON, Bee. 10. Tho absonco
or tho usual supplies or Gorman svn-
fthetlc Indigo from tho leading mar
kets or tho world has led to nn eager
demand for tho natural product nnd
record prices nro bolng paid for tho
small quhntltles ot this indlspons
nblo bluo dyo which comes from In
dia. India Is tho principal produc
ing country but tho expanding do
mnmi ror Indigo has led to n rovivnl
of tho Industry n China whoro In
I FIRE LOSSES OF t
t YEAR HAVE NOT 1
X . BEEN VERY BIG t
!$
nMHBMIBEmK.'NjB"t
FIRES o
its or
12 mo
IRES occurlng in tho city llm-
Mnrshriold In tho past
months caused a total
property loss 'or approximately
$7,200. Tho volunteer Hro depart
ment nnswered' something llko 22
calls.
Tho worst or tho rlres were out
side tho nctunl city limits where
tho department rendered help, or
tho total alarms responded to,
throo calls woro In North Bond at
Hrcs In which tho property Iosbbcs
amounted to about $12,000, and n
fourth outsldo call, nt tho Skcrrett
gnrago fire, nnd a fifth call to
Bunker Hill In February whon seven
lives woro lost in tho Craig board
ing houso flro at tho Smith mill
and a loss or $10,000 incurred.
Work Is Efficient
Tabulation of results nt tho end
'of tho, year show tho work or tho
Hro department nnd tho up-to-tho-mlnuto
flro fighting apparatus to
hnvo been satisfactorily efficient. To
tho methods ot tho volunteer fire
men nnd tho work of tho auto flro
truck Is duo tho fortunnto fact that
that many ot tho fires did not
amount Into losses ot thousands Of
dollars. Tho flro truck was pur
chased In Octobor, 1914, and slnco
thnt tlmo lias saved proporty many
times Its entlro cost of $9,000.
List of l'lren
Loss.,
Jan 30 Squires bldg., Bunk-
kor 11111 ( r$l,00'6
Fob. 2 Oregon Power Co.,
Porter Mill .....-. C.000
Fob. 17 Tho Craig Boarding
Houso, Bunker Hill, sovon
lives lost 10,000
Fob. 23 II. Wells' rcsidonco 100
March 10 Logglo Hall,
North Bend 3,000
April 3 LoMioux Paint Storo 1,100
April 2G Fnlso Alarm.
Juno 14 W. A. Hold resi
dence
Juno 22 NolBon Iron Works
July 20 F. P. Norton rcsi
donco July 29 Matlock bldg
August 11 Pugsloy Candy
Company
August 24 i Hllyor Clgnr
Storo
Sept. 13 Rov. Gregg's rcsidonco
Sept. 19 Brush Flro.
Sopt. 30 Joy Rooming Houso
North Bend 3,000
Nov. 20 Lloyd Hotel .... 1,000
Nov. 24 Rov. Thorpo's res-
do ii co
Nov. 24 O. M. Johnson
Homo
Nov. 28 Ovor Coos Bny
Nows offlco'
Dccombor 4 Odd Fellows'
Unit
70
100
00
JG
20
70
4,000
00
70
20
10
Totnt .$30,710
OAMBRIDGE MEN ARE
FIGHTING FOR ENGLAND
rOver Eleven 'thousand of Thoni Aro
At tlio Front With the Brit
ish Annies
III; AuocliteJ Pmi to Coo liar Tfmri.
LONDON, Doc. 1 0. Over 11,000
Cnmbridgo mon aro now righting ;
'With tho colors, nccordltig to tho unl- J
vorslty's latost war list. Or thesol
men, 14 hnvo boon killed, 900 j
wounded nnd 123 missing or prison
ers or war. Thrco hnvo won tho
(cresting developments nro expected. Victoria Cross nnd others hnvo ro-
An estimate from tho Pnnjab dls-lcolvod medals ror distinguished con
trlct or India Btutea thnt tho area duct. Trinity heads tho colleges
under Indigo represents over 14 porf'th 2,000 soldiers and Pombroko
cent or tho total area plantod In with 1,002.
British India, but tho condition or
tho standing crops Is said to bo bo
low nvorngo, and tho yield from nit
standing crops will probnbly bo
smnll.
CITY OF SAXONY HAS
TAXED THE UNMARRIED
ICE BREAKERS WORK '
IN NORTHERN WATERS
Endcnwu Made to Keep Traffic to
Archnnglo )jki Until Hond
Is Mono
Pr AxocliteJ rrfM to Coo liar Tlmn
NEWCASTLE on TYNE, Dec. 10.
Tho mnstor of n local steamor Just
arrived In tho Tyno from Archnnglo,
stated that thero nro now fifteen
lco-brenkora nt work In tho vicinity
of thnt port. Some nro constantly
on tho occasion of n flro and found ' stationed there, others hnvo nrrlvcd
to be adequate for any flro which t from Canada and some came from
might come in the city. In add!- Vladivostok to tho Whlto Sea via tho
tlon to tho regular supply thoro Is 'north or Slherln. Hopes nro entor
an electric pump which tnkes tho talned that stenmer trnffle will be
water from Dutch John creek nnd I hinlntnlned to and from Archanglo
makes an additional supplemental till the end or January when tho
supply to pour Into tho reservoirs at railway lino to Kola Day should bo
any tlmo that they might bo over-j ready ror use.
In Flint of the (Jerniaii Municipal!-
tie to Tnke Action of
,TliN Xaturo
in AuotUtM Tnn to o64 JUjr Ttmn,
BERLIN, Dec. 10. Tho city of
Oschatx In Saxony Is tho first Gor
ninii municipality to Impose nn ox
trn tax upon tho unmarried. Two
or thrco other Gorman towns liavo a
tax on bacholors, but tho now
Oschntz law applies alike to malo and
female. Only Catholic priests nro
exempt. Other unmarried porsons
nbovo 21 must pay nhovo their regu
lar municipal tax: dn Incomes from
1,800 to 2,400 marks yearly, flvo
percent: 2,400, to 4.000 marks, ten
ptroont; 4,000 to G.300 marks, M
teen porcont; G.300 to 10,000
marks, twonty percont and abovo
10,000 marks, twenty-Hvo percent.
QUANTITIES OF FRUIT
ARE BEING PRESERVED
Germans Aro Retaining All that Is
Not Knten Frtwli by tho
Peoplo
(llr AuodttM I'rru to Coo Dij Tlmt..l
BERLIN, Dec. 10. Tho unusually
largo crop or fruit throughout Gor
ninny this fall has mado unnecessary
tho oxlstenco of a conservation or
ganization known as tho "Wnr Com
mittee of tho Fruit Mnuufacturorlug
Industry." This, composed of man
ufacturers of presorves nnd marmo
lades, was formod whon it was fear
ed that largo quantities ot fruit
would go to wnsto unless somo
stop wns tnkon to mako it Into sub
stitutes for buttor and fat.
Individual manufacturers all ovor
'Gormany have taken tho lnltlatlvo
thcmsolvcs, howovor, nnd roport that
hecauso of tho good season thoy liavo
produced twice as much marmalado
ns usual. Virtually nil tho rest of
tho crop not so used has been eaton
ns fresh fruit. No less than 200
uermnu ciues nave imported car
loads of apples, pears and the like
for their population. Germany not
4 ' only has eaten an unprecedented
I amount or frutt this season, but
j has also a record amount ol pro-
' served rrult on hand for futuro
needs.
.
SELtlNO GOODS
The big problem In selling
goods Is getting the customer
Into tho store. Coos Bay
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