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THE COOS BAY TIMES. MARSHFIELD. OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1915 EVENING EDITION.
IS LATE
Furniture and Gift Buying are MadeEasy
Men's Hats
IIIGMKSV SIIIP.MKXT OK PAHCICL
POST THIS YlUlt COMING
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Mens Hats 95c
r
Friday
Only
TOMORROWS
MEN'S HATS
Regular $2-50, $3.00 sellers, all shapes. Black and
colors, soft and stiff, Including many of the 1915 Fall mod
els. Will be offered for this ONE DAY AT
A SPECIAL EVERY DAY WATCH THEM THEY WILL PROVE INTERESTING
This Is, the Store for Christmas Shoppers
YOUR MONEY GOES 2 TO 1 IN COMPARISON WITH ANY OTHER STORE
Hub Clothing & Shoe Co.
Purchasers
BACCHUS 15 FOILED
SIAXY OK HIS IIKXCIIMICX DIC
MCHT KHIC UK! TlllltKT SKTS IX
Ho'iiso fo I io Kormed Into Abstinence
ly Law and Voluntarily
Leave Hoo.o Alone
" Foiled!" hissed King Uacchus na
lie Hut on his wobbly, tottering
throne nnil In enmo tlio word Hint
many of li Ik Htnlwnrt henchmen nt
rondy nro throwing up tlio spongo,
10 days en tlio Period of Thirst Ih
nbrnnd in tlio land. The golden
crown fllld down over IiIh cam mid
tlio Old Hoy hung IiIh head in ab
ject dlnpnlr ns lie ninttoro'l, deep
down In IiIh whlskors, " Things ain't
what thoy iiBcd to lie."
Ita a fact, things nro not as thoy
"UHcd to wiih." Many inun nro cut
ting out tlio lioozo lieforo tlio law
lilts them. " Always liked my
KlnuH," mild 'one man today, " hut I
novor wnut to think that they had to
pasH a law flrat to uiako mo glvo it
lip. No slreo, I heat 'oni to It."
Thoro tiro "oodles" of former tip
lcrs that nro anticipating the law
by n week mid hotter. Only a few
days ngo In Tacomn 50 longshoremen
lined up nlong the niahoKiiny lmr,
took a drink uploco, am! signed tlio
pledge, Tor Washington, too, goes
dry tlio first of tho year.
Aiid ho King Hncclius hcoh some
of his supports, not necessarily, but
voluntnrlly, leuylng IiIh sway and he
Htnnds apace and ;asps. Tho Illg
Thirst Is almost lioro.
On tlio othor hand thoro aro oth
ers who lurvo had tho privilege of
buying liquor when they wanted It,
who sny that thoy do not proposo to
ho loglBlutod out of a drink, and
learning tlint thoy can lawfully lay
In a supply hoforo hand and aro for
Itlfylng against doing without by
buying Homo Biipplies. It has boon
decided thnt any ono Iiiib a right to
buy what liquor ho ehoosos mid hold
It for liiu own use in his own house.
AMTICJS SOLDILDDPHDLES SOUGHT
KAST PASSKXOKH HOAT C.'OICS
OX CATCH I X IXLICT Itl'X
Operates In Opposition to Present
Hunts Coos Hlver Transportation
Company to Idillil Sow Hunt
Sale of the fiiBt passougor launch
Atlantic to .Moody Brothers of 811111
11 or, has been mndo by the Coos
Itlvor TrauBiiortiitlou Comnanv. Tho
Atlantic has been out on tho Catch
ing Inlet-Coos liny run and lH In
opposition to tho lino now conduct
ed Jointly by MattHon and MnsterH,
who own the Wall Tu Wasa, tho
Sumner and tho Sunrise.
Through the Hummer (bo Allan-,
tie was used on tho South Coos
Klvcr for the purpose of handling
tho "Hiiliurliniiltvs." tho summer
roHorterH that wont to their sum
mer campH In the lato afternoon mid
bni'k to town In time for work the
next morning.
Now tho Coob Itlvor Transporta
tion Company makes tho uiiuounco
meiit that It will build a turner and
a Hpcedler boat to put on this sumo
run next summer when this trndo
opens up again,
Tho Atlantic was formerly own
ed by Captain Lloyd, who sold the
craft hmt Hummer.
HOADS AUK DIKKKKKXT
The difference between tho Coos
and tho Curry County portions of
tho coiiBt road Booms to ho mark
ed according to the following from
the Port Orford Trlbuiio:
"Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Marsh nnd
dniiKhlor, Mrs. Keofor, went to
Iliiiidon hist Thursday to attend
tho funeral or .rbhn Harrows. In
coming homo by auto Thoy wore
hIx hours making tho run from
Ilnudoii to-LangloIs mid two hours
from tho lattor placo to Port Or
ford -tho H.imo dlstmico, tho dlf
feronco that the six hours woro on
Coos and tho two on Curry County
roads.
Imi
Golden
Oppwtaifj
Red Cross Auction
FINEST QUALITY JEWELRY, PRECIOUS STONES, CUT
, GLASS AND NOVELTIES GOING AT PRICES
BELOW WHOLESALE COST
DON'T MISS IT.
SPECIAL AUCTION AT 10:30 FRIDAY MORNING
AUCTIONS AT 2:30 AND 7:30 EVERY DAY
BIG DISCOUNT ON GOODS SOLD BETWEEN AUCTIONS
CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS' OPPORTUNITY
Jewelry Department
Red Cross Drug Store
ATTEMPTS HlCIXfS MAIM TO PICK
KLAWS IX PKOHIIHTIOX LAW
Out Man lias Substitute for Itecr
Others Kstahlish .Mall Order
Homes on Slate Hoiimlury
Lcavo It to Yankco Ingenuity to
pick loopholes In any law ever made
and pniiBod by Yankco Ingenuity.
Hero nro two of tho latent nicthodH
raf defeating the prohibition law that
goes Into effect at tho end of nc$t
week.
Comes now n man and ndvortlocs
that ho has a substltuto for beer
which ho snys Is u elovor nn Iniltn
jtlon that "ovon pcrslBlent UKcrs of
beer enn not toll tlio difference."
This fellow seeks agoiitH to soil tho
stuff tliroiiKli Oregon and Washing
ton. Thoro'a more ways than ono to
"Bkln a cat" nnd comes word now
that at Ilornbrook, a llttlo town of
California that nestles on the vory
border of Oregon has now mngniri
cent "mall order llquor bouses."
So carefully has tho bcIioiiio been
worked out that tho proprietors oven
print a schedule of tho hours It
takes to reach different pnrtH of tho
dry territory.
Mall front Outside
InaBinuch as tho prohibition law
prohibits1 tho advertising in nowBim-
poru or on sign boards of liquor uds
n strcuiioiis effort Is being mndo to
Kot the pcoplo educated boforo tho
drought nets In.
However, District Attornoy LIIJo
qvlst says thnt thoro teems to bo no
way to keep liquor dealers outside-
tho Htnto from Bending their catn-,'
loguea nnd clroulurs through tho
mull, Inasmuch nB thoy aro mailed
fjom u iiolut outside of tho dry ter
ritory. r
Moro interest is being maiilfested
in tlio coming dry, spell and its of
foot on tho people and that stato In
hmuiii inun in any law -passed In
many yenrs, says the district attor
ney.
Portland Sends !() Sinks Together
Ultli Much Kiics All Will
Ho Delivered On Tlnio
Thrco hundred sacks of narcol
post, to say nothing of a huge ex
press shipment, will arrive on tho
Kllburn either tonight or In thn
morning. Efforts to make an Im
mediate dollvory of tho Santa Claim
packages will bo made nnd iiobhIIiIv
everything will bo delivered by
Christmas.
All dny long tomorrow men will
bo out with t5io narcol post, and they
v. in ninko deliveries on Chrlstim
JJnjI as well. On Snttirdav thn wtn-!
(low at tlio host office will bn nnnn.
nflor the mnll arrives nnd is distrib
uted, between 11 nnd 12 n. in. Par
cel post that ordinarily Is handed
out at tho window tuny uo received
In tho Enmo manner on Saturday, !
miring hub one hour.
The'ro will b0 a mall delivery in
tho city on ChriBtmas Day. Every
effort is being mndo to glvo the pco
Pie as ndequnto a postal scrvlco ns
lioBslblo at UiIh tinio of tho year
when tho big rush is on.
. Within tho past 10 davs llmm
hnvo been many monoy orders mnllcd
out of tho local office. Somo of
this has gono for tho buying of proa
onts through the mall order houses,
It Is said, and many of thn ntvim-a
hnvo been direct Christmas presents.
Lnst night special promotions'
woro taken to see thnt all the doors
woro woll barred. Not only woro
thoy locked but they wcro barred
with heavy timbers as well.
You Mill find hero nniplo storks, amply displayed for jour
convenience. You will find a service of sincere, Interested
coititesy. You may choose hero with perfrct faith In our mer
chandise, for this house Is known for tho Integrity of the goods
it. sens, no mailer now low
VMrnmiu,., wil
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LKATHIOi: ItOCICKItH KOH
CllltlHTMAS (1IKTS
the price. Sow stocks aro
hero and wo Invito you to
coiiiu nnd make leisurely
choice of any iirticlo you
may want for the home.
THIS YIJAIt 1IVH 1-HTIC-
NITUItK What better gilt
to your family or friend
than a piece of furniture? A gift, that will add u thC,.
ami happiness. A piece or furniture' possesses the frit?"'0'1
a .truly worthy girt artistic, practical, lusting, Xoiv tliuT'v
Is the lust time to do your Christmas buying. ,pllt jV
Oulovscu Company on your sliojiplng list. '"'nson
Tho principal action or our uiaiu floor In given over to
a display of beautiful over tturfed mid upholstered i;av
Chairs, Itockers, Couches, etc. You aiv couiteiiuMy In.
vlted to look through at jour lelsuie. Open evening.
OTIIKIt XICIO (JIKTS
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Xothing adds so much to tho cosy
appearance of the living room or af
fords us much comfort ns ono of
our leather upholstered Kasy Chalr.s
and Itockcrs. There Is nothing
more practical, more serviceable or
one that will give such lasting
plenum e.
Priced at ljU.1, !jl7.n(, ijillU.no
ami up.
II
Writing Desk, Golden Oak wav,
quarti?!- siuved..ijil.yr, ijSUt.r.o, up
Wicker ltorkers. . .$rs,75 tit $15.7,1 '
Library Tables, plain and quarter
tor unveil oak. .9(1.-10 to ."jSii'j.od 1
Leather Auto Heat Jtociiers. . . .
$fl.'M to lj!U2.r,0
Chlldreii's Itockcrs. .ijtl.li.- to fj,tjn
Davenports !ji:Jo (0 jjik,
TabourettCH ty..o to 9(Mll
Footstools Jj52.RO to JjiR.r.o
KAIXMOW TO CAHHY COON IHV
Kit .MA Hi KOH UXCLK SAM
It Is liuposNihlo to list In this advertisement nil tho attractive articles (hat we have tlmt nro cv
peclully suitable for Christinas gift giving, so we again urge you to visit our store.
Johnson-Gufovsen Co.
Ilguro of $,lo a .Mouth Is Lowest He-
celveil Ity Postoffho Depart
ment Already Started
As tho lowest bidders tho Coos
Itlvor Transportation company hns
been awarded the government con
tract for carrying mall on tho river
for tho iion three" yenrs. Tho Itnlii.
bow lias tho schcdtilo at tho rate of
ffio u month, making six delivorlos
u week.
Sltf months ngo tho postofflco do
pnrtment approved tho establlBh
ing of a rural w'ater route up Coos
IMvor. TomporiiUly dipt. Lnttln, of
i no fliossenger, wjib placed on the
run, and W. II. Cavnuaiiuh in.iiri,.,i
as cnrrlor, havInK received tho high
est mark.
At the saino time) bids woro sent
lu for tho delivery and that or tho
transportation company nt jno was
mo lowost. Tom Smith, of the
Hnlnbow, passed "the civil Borvlco ex
mnliintlou, Kor yenrs this company has given
the people of Coos river an iidoqunto
mnll delivery, six dnyrf a week, and
hnvo received nothing for this 8or
vlco. It Is expected thnt Mr. Cavn
naugli will got ono or tho othort ru
ral routes, possibly tho ono out to
Mllllngton and Llbby way and which
hns alroady been sanctlono'd hv thn
government ror ostahllshment with
in n short tlnio.
Marshfield
Quality Home Furnishers
North Front St.
TRY 10 GET RATES
L. .1. SI.MPSOX WKITKH OK COX
KKHKXCK WITH Ol-'KICIALS
Dl KS AT COOCILLIJ
.Umnilo Snndorson, tho slx-yonr-old
son of Mr. mid Mrs. Juntos Snn
dorson, died at tho parent's homo in
Coqulllo. Pneumonia wna tho
causo.
Says Something Definite .May ho
Known In Ken- Days Kcgarilliig
Tcriiilual HaMs for Hay
L. .1. Simpson Iiiib written tho
Chnniber or Commerce thnt ho
will ninko every effort to got a
satisfactory iitateniont of tho South
ern Pacific orflclals rognrdlng tho
granting or terminal rntcB ror Coos
May. Mr. Simpson writes wrom
Portland that ho hns if conroreiico
dnto arranged and thnt he expocts
within n fow duyB to have boiuo
thlng doflulto to wire.
He asks that blue prints or the
last Hiirvey of the Coos Hay bar
be Bout forward to him nt once.
These will ho used lu his argu
ments before tho orflclals, to show
thoro Is u depth of wntor hero to
nccomniodnte good bIzciI vessels.
Theso will bo sent nt onco.
CAXDIDATK KOH ASSKSSOH
of
To tho Hepuhllcun olectors
Coos County:
I horohy niinounco myflolf iib a
candldato for tho office of nssossor
or Coos County nt tho coming prl
mnrlcs, Biibject to tho will or tlio
Republican olectors or the county.
AMOS L. NOSLKK,
Coqulllo, Decombor 21.
MYHTLK point XOTKS M
XewH or the People There Told in
The Enterprise
Miss Efflo Weekly went to Pow-1
I nro ftw it ? .i i ..i.i. I
,. .u. u .uh iiujB viau wiwi mends
l m that city.
JllK. ClIVllll tli, ..! .1...1
i - tviuiiiu iimuur
criusor, came over trom Mnrsh
flohl and is looking affor business
muttors lu tho Myrtlo Point section
Mck Johnson, tho county fruit In
spector, wns hero from Coqulllo
sovoral days this week Inspecting
Jitirsery stock Hmt Is belu dollvoi'
Ud In; the Myrthj Point section.
5 Percy Ward,- a former resident
or the Coqulllo Valley, who, wiMi
his family, moved to Oakland. 31.
ifornla, about a year ago, nrrlvr.d
hero and oxpocts to spend about a
weok visiting friends nnd attend
ing to business affairs.
Mrs. C. It. Endlcott and baby,
who havo been visiting nt tho homo
of the lady's liaronts, Mr. and .Mrs.
Krank Davis, left for tholr home in
Los Angeles, California. Miss Syl
via Davis aecompnnled her sister
nnd will spend the winter in California,
For Christmas Dinner
Wc will be closed all day Saturday and urge our cus
tomers to make provision for Sunday in their orders to
morrow. We have endeavored to provide for everything needed
for the Christmas feast and the high quality insures the
housewife getting the results she expected in each dish.
Please send in your order tonight or as early Friday as
possible. .Here are a few suggestions:
FRESH GOODS
Cauliflower
Brussels Sprouts
Bell Peppers
Head Lettuce
Celery '
Sweet Potatoes
Parsnips
Carrots
Atwood Plum Pudding
Mince Meat
Golden Dates
Oranges
Bananas
Christmas Candies
' All Kinds of Nuts
Raisins.
V
CAMMED GOODS
H. B. Asparagus Tips
H. B- Large White
H. B- Maine Corn
H. B. Tomatoes
H. B. String Beans
H. B- Ripe Olives
H. B- Peas.
Cove Oysters
Shrimps
Lobsters
Minced Clams
Whole Clams
I SOMK KACTH (IIVK.V
AIIOUT t'XITKD STATUS
Tho following nro some Interesting
ructs given in the uniiiinl report of
Secretary or the Interior Lane:
Some or the Pacts
Tho United States produces every
mineral needed In Industry, and this
can bo wild or uo other country.
Wo hnvo rortlllzors lu plenty to
reed the earth and keep It sustaining.
Our Boll mid ellniuto nro bo varied
that wo can produce all tho grains,
trulls, vegetables and ribrcs known
tc tho Temperate Xouo nnd somo
round lu the semltroplcs.
Wo havo wntor power that cun bo
mndo to gonerato perhaps as much
ns (JO, 000,000. hornopowcr.
Tho public, domain H runldly
growing leas which means that It 1b
being occupied and usod.
It has been discovered that tho
semliirld regions may hccoino abun
dantly productive undor dry-farm-lug
methods.
Tho Territory or Alaska contain
ing perhaps 100,000,000 acres is
now tho. great body or public domain
and Is a laud or unknown possibili
ties. Watort that Idly Now to tho son ir
turned on lands qt tho dosort re
gions could bo mndo: to support not
Itss than 50,000,000 and the prob
lem or bringing tho wntor and land
togothor Is only one or monoy.
Kneh day 200 letters patent to
Ainorlcan Inventors aro Issued nnd
tho number or Inventors Increases j
each year.
Thoro nro over 20,000,000 boya j
nnd girls In the public Bchools of tho I
tinted stntes.
Within fifty yenrs tho govornmont
has given lu subsidies to railroads
territory seven times ns big ns the
stnto of Pennsylvania.
Wo hnvo glvon of our resources as
no people over did hororo or ovor
can again,
About Oregon Lands
Tho report of tho secretary goes
Into dotalla regarding tho public
lands. The following facts regard
lug IiiikIb In Oregon nro of Interest:
prlvato and fltato lands, 30,638.731:
national rorcsts, i:i,2l,C32; "other
reservations, 1, 87(5,030; lands sub.
Jcct to entry 15,112,178; total arci,
(il.lSS.ISO.
OLD SKIPPICIt HACK AflAI.V
Tho hum-drum life of tho landlub
ber rails utterly lu its appeal to
dipt, (leorgo Penboily, nn old tlmo
clipper ship skipper. After several
years ashore he bus ngnla cone back
'to tho sen anil this tlmo will tread
the deck or the Mackinaw, tlio Iol
lar i-onipniiy's Ill-fated steamship that
hitB hnd more trouble In n year tliaa
cmy other vessel on tlio roast. She
U now loading In Vancouver, n. i.
roi Vladlvostock.
dipt. Peahody Is a "salt" of tho
fold Rchnol. lie has served ns master
fof tho Aiiiorlrnu ships Tain O'Shan
'tor nnd tho Antolopo, when tlior
l wero, Capo Horn idlppera plying be
.tweon Atlantic const portB and San
KranclHco. Tho former Is ono ol
tho moBt fnniotiB ships In American
shipping or tlio Inst linlf century.
KLKCT OI'KinCMS
.Mjrtlo Point Craago Hold Electing
ad thnt Place
Tho monihurs of tho Myrtlo Point
Local (Ira ngo elected tho following
ofricors ror tho oiiBiihig year:
Mastor. Price Hoblsoa, Ovorhecr,
Krt .Myors: Lecturor, Mrs, A. T.
'!'.-., I... Unu-nf(l Mrd VtlCO ItOlll-
..,..11, w.v--...-, ---
unii. ARBlHtniit stownnl. Callcn GUIs;
'Chaplain, Mrs. L. Strong; Trcasurci,
.1. C. Whlttlngtoii; Secretory, J. H
Iiarklow; (Into Keoper, Florence
ItoblBon; Pomona, Jesslo Hell;
Flora, Hornlco Hoblsoa; Ceres, Rcu
nidt Itoblson; Lndy Assistant Ste
ward, Elofodn nnrklow.
Tho orgnnlzntlon has lately In
creusod consldornbly in mcmbcrsMp.
Chlldreii's I-'elts .10 rents to OH
cents. (lordon'H Shoo Store.
Tlrnns Want Adi- hrlnn- rngidtfc
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LET US HELP YOU MAKE CHRISTMAS MERRY
The Merriest Yuletide of All is Our Wish For All
Wt
If you will glvo us your order enrly Friday wo will bo able tojj
servo you hotter. Kindly romomhor to mnko provision tor Sun-.
dny. ns wo will bo closed all day Saturday. if
Hero nro somo suggestions that may help yoi-, aim aon't forj
fc'et to ordor at loast part of your sunnly on Thursday:
Hipo Tomatoes, Celery. Cauliflower. Hrushcl Sprouts, Curimw
a. .... .i. I ...tIctlfW
Itadlslieit
Bunker Hill Department Store
I,. .1-4.- ..... ... . ..
"-.., iren i-cppcrs, articiioKes, Head jcuiiiu,
t Sweet Potatoes, Carrots, Parsnips. Hcets, Piiiiipklns, Sjunsh, !
Il-.il. . 1 ... .. .... . . y. miiiw.
', viitiiiieri-ie,s, rieuies or ai Kluils, Jtlpo nun www
Hellahes,
Klorlda mid Callfornld fira potVult, l'ineapples, Coroaimf!.
Oranges, K,.y ed Apples, Ilaiiiuia's, Grapes, HaMiis, Cidlforula
Spiced l-'lgs, Purkiigo and Hulk Dates, (?andled Orange and MR
II........ ... .. ' .. .. II-..I..IIIV.
iimii.' i-iuiii I'liildlng, Pugsley's Christiiias Canines, "
Pecans, llra.ll Xut.s. Chestnuts. Ilael Xiits. Almond!, Armours
Stockinette Star Hams.
Sanitary Food Store
SERVICE FIRST
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W. H. DIXDIXGKH Ai CO.
tlmes Want Kas for results.
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