V a? ' LI
Glff jj THE HAND IS WORTH A DOZEN IN
THE STORE WINDOW
A PAPER THAT
BELIEVES IN THE BEST
AND ALWAYS BOOSTS
am
m&
A CLEAN WHOLESOME
NEWSPAPER FOR ALL
SOUTHWEST OREGON HOMES
M
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ft Vol. No. XXXIX.
Y M IS II
OK WAY HOME
! Leaves Peace Plans In the
' Hands of a Committee
Named
Says He is Satisfied With
What Was Done at
1 Christiania
PEACE GIVEN PUBLICITY
Rnjs Tlinl tlm XowHpnper Cun Xmv
Stop tho War Family Known
Nothing of Ford'H Futiiio
1'IaiiH, It Ih Hinted
NOTHING KNOWN
FOHD'S NKW
OK
plans
(Of Amor Ittrt 1'rru n rnos tlir Tlmm.
DHTUOIT, Doc. 21. Al
though Mrs. Henry Konl
ennnot be communicated
with thlu forenoon, thoHO
clone to tlio family express
ed Brent surprlso nt Ford's
return. IIIh prlvato secre
tary Hald no cablegram had
been received by tlio family
announcing Ford'H now plana
(Dr motUIM Tttn lo Coo nijr Timet,
CHIIISTIANIA. Dec. 24 Tho Nor
neglait liner BorgoiiBfJord, with Hen
ry Ford on board, sailed for Now
York this morning. Ford stated
before leaving Dcrgon that tlio pence
expedition would continue under tho
lutplccs of tho Women's Internat
ional Pcnco Association. Ilov. Sam
uel S. Marquis, dean of St. Paul's
Cathedral, Detroit, sailed from Pur
sen with Ford.
Makes Statement
llofore leaving Christiania, Ford
give out tho following statement:
"I am satisfied with what tins
been accomplished in Christlanln.
Peaco has boon given publicity. Tho
newspapers havo tho power to end
tho war, for It Is through publicity
that tho power of ircaco Is sprend.
Norway Is llko every othor country.
The peoplo nro all right."
Committee In Charge
In announcing tho circumstances
under which tho expedition will bo
continued, Ford said n commltteo
had been appointed to net ns lead
ers. It consists of Judgo IJen n.
Undsoy, of Denver; Rov. Dr. Jen
kin Lloyd Jones, Chicago; John D.
Barry, Snn Francisco; Lieutenant
Governor Bothon, South Carolina,
and Louis P. Lockor, Ford's secre
tary. "Will Not Join.
Tlio Christlanln nowspapor say in
tlew of Ford's doparturo no prom
inent Norwegians will Join tho ex
pedition. MADH NO 1IHADWAY
I'rty Xot In lliiriuouy nnd nil Doors
CloseI
ltf Auocltted Pttu to Com nr Tlroe.
LONDON, Deo. 24. Coponhugen
dispatch Bays that boforo leaving,
Ford gavo a check for $270,000 to
Usance tho expedition. Ho loft f-
iuse no recognized It ns impossiuiu
to make any headway. His party
as always nt loggerheads and tho
Scandinavian pacifists adopted an
ttltudo of resorvo. "Wlion Ford
found all official doors closed ho
troke down.
fTVT'niT nnnirn lnnn TTntlte
IKES
mm
l ""'IllUll UIlUVCi Jilliv ...
oerson, wife of tho proprietor of
the Cottage Hotel, is charged with
1 bootlegglng.
ItHVOLUTlOX HAS
STAKTKI) IX CHIXA
IBf AsioclitM rri to coo Bj TlmM.
PEKING, Dec. 24. A
revolutionary movement un- v
der tho leadership of Tsat
Ao, former military govor-
nor of Yunan, ha3 broken
out. Tho Chinese govern-
ment has sent 30.000 sol-
dlers to quell tho revolt.
Tsal Ao is a bitter oppon-
ent of tho monarchy which
Was to lin rosfnrod. TllO UP- !
rlslug started In Yunan prov-
luce.
INtulilislictl 1K78 ...nnnnr.
am The const Man iviHnonnfcLU. UHbuDIM.
LL OBSERVE DM
UVUItYTIIIXO xow IS GIVKX UP
FOB C1IHISTMAS
Spr-rlnl Train from Powers Brings In
the Loggers Hotels of City
Are Crowded
Tlio obscrvmico of Chrlstmns will
bo qulto general in tlio city. Kvory
ono was making propnratloim for tlio
tiny. Tlio chinches and tlio schoom
liml progrnnis, mid tlicro will no
many prlvnto dinner parties and
1'i'ino Chrlstmns trees.
Tlio stores will nil bo closed so the
pcoplo will hnvo two tlnys, Saturday
mid Sunday, In which to onJov n vn-
cation.
.Special from Powers
Tlio loggers from Powers arrived
Inst night on n special train whicu
reached ,th0 city about half an hour
after midnight. Tlicro was qulto a
crowd on tlio special and more will
como In on tho trains totlay. All or
uio otner camps aro closed until af
ter) Chrlstmns nnd many of tlio log
gers aro In the city.
Hotels (Vim ded
I Tho hotel accommodations woro
J quickly tnkou up after tho special
'.um luncia arnvcu nun soino or
..wu vuiuu nui gel (i iMUCO 10
sleep. Quito a crowd nt up around
the stovo at tho Illanco all night.
Down From Itluo Itldgo
From tho Illue Itldgo camp, slx-ty-nlno
of tho men enmo down Inst
night and about forty inoro aro ex
pected toilny, 11111 McKay, tho Toro
ninn, being, nnioiig tho party.
SITU GLAUS HERE
'IONS OK MAIL DKIXG )!,'.
KUKI) T0DAV AM) TOMOHKOW
Panel Post Arrives on Kilhuiu
Clerks Will Woik ('Iii-Miimm
to Mnko Marly Deliveries
Parcel post that this ovonlng rc
nialnn still undelivered In nil pro
bability will bo gotten nround by to
morrow somotlmo. Tho post office
forco all day has been "Jumping
sldowuys' In nn effort to get as
much of tho mall as posslblo clean
ed up along In tho day.
Tomorrow morning between 11
and 12 o'clock tho dollvor' window
will bo opon. Persons who iavo no
rcsldonco addross and ordinarily
call for tholr mail will bo able to
got tholrs at tho postal window,
Tho mall carrlors will mnko ono
delivery? tomorrow after tho mall ar
rives In on tho morning train.
Much of tho parcel post shipment
brought In by tho Kllhurn Is bound
for Valley points though) It will not
arrlvo thoro until tomorrow morn
lug, going out on tho early train.
TKLMPHOXIJ KMPLOYKKS KIND
DIG CHIIIJJTMAS TllKM
Glistens With Many Tinkling Lights
Much Ojiorntoi' Itecelve.s
Mlulnturo Telcpliouo
Santa Clans did not forgot tho
valiant efforts of tho telephono op
orators throtight tho year and this
afternoon they gathered about a
well-lighted Christmas tree in tho
rest room of tlio Coos and Curry
Telephono Company.
From top to bottom n myriad of
Bannil lights bluzed.
For e-cry
young lady appeared a sail telo
phono, a gift from Mr. Hall. About
tho bnso of tho treo gathered doz
ens of packages too largo to hang
In the branches.
Tho Httlo lights that tinkled were
placed thero by tho Marshfleld Mlec
trlc Company down stairs.
TRAINS COLLIDE
TWO KILLMH IX HAILHOAI) AC
CIDMXT IX PMXXSVLVAXLV
Ono Section of Delawuro, Luekuwmm
and WWcrn Train Ih Jain-
inert by Another Section
(Dr Aoilte4 rr lo Coos I!r Time 1
-SCRANTON. Pa., Dec. 24. A scc
,i nr n nninwnro. Lackawanna and
Vestorn passenger train which was
rammed at Hiaieiorn jui ibv "i
a,.. .1.I-.1 cr.rtlrm nf tllO Saino tl'UlU,
caused tho death of two persons and
I I. a.a 4 It la
injuries to five, reucneu cid ..
morning bearing tho victims. It is
believed tho injuroa wju recu.ci.
Tho killed wero toth nesroes.
PORTS REWARDED
LEADERS FLEE
OSS
BORDER
Two Former Villa Men
Charge of Juarez Give up
The Job
at
TERRAZAS IS THERE
Third Man to Be at Head of
Surrendered Territory
in Past Day
OBREGON IS AT EL PASO
Goes Into Conference. With tlio Del
(gates Itcpivscntlug tlio Sur
render of Vllln Kort-os
Soventy-fho Attend
tllr AmocIMkI rrrn to Cooi lly Tlmrt.
ML PASO, Dee. lib. Sllvestro Ter
razns, formor secretary of stato for
Chihuahua under tho Villa govern
ment, was In nominal charge today
of tho territory recently surrender
ed to tho defucto American govern
ment by the Villa followers.
Ono lionder Flees
' Ho succeeded Colonel Pallza uh
enmmuuder at Jnurcz when Pallm
fled ncross tho border after u dem
onstration by tho soldiers Inst night
whon they failed to recelvo their
wages In silver nnd woro offered cur
rency of the do facto government lu-
'stcad.
The Third In Cluugo
TorraziiH is thu third formor Villa
lender to assume charge nt Jaurois
within 24 hours, Gonernl Ochoa hav
ing ,f led nerosB tho border yesterday.
Untirez wns quiet. Obregou still
reiunlus In Ml Pano.
."MtvtH Vllln Area
Obregou wont Into'couforcnco this
morning with tho delegation repro-
sontlng tho Biirrendored Villa forc-
os. About 74 formor Villa offlcors
attended.
FIREMAN IS KILLED
TWMXTV-MlfiHT PASSMXOIOltS
IX.HMtMI AT KA.MI3 TIM 13
Acroriuodntloii Train CrnsliCK Into, n
Passenger Train During
n Heavy Kog
(Dr AuocltloJ Trrti to Cooi llajr TltnM.J
GALMNA, Kan., Dec. 24. John
fl)niy, a fireman, was killed and 28
phssongors Injured early today whon
ton accomodation train on tho Miss
ouri, Oklahoma nnd Gulf railroad
crushed Into a St, Louis and San
Francisco passenger train. A
heavy fog obscured tho view of tho
accommodation train, which toro
half way through tho last stooping
coach of tho Frisco train boforo It
wes brought to a standstill.
TALK ABOUT PEACE
SOCIALISTS MKKT AT
HAC.'Ui: THIS AVMIJIC
THU
llopresentatlves of All Uio Holllger.
ent Countries i:ieptlng ltily
Aio Present
111 Auorltle4 Treu to Cooi I!r Tlmfn.J
AMSTMHDAl, Doc. 24. A num
ber of prominent socialists from alt
tho bolllgorent countries except Italy
mot last Wednesday at Tho Hague
to discuss stops which might bo tak
en to bring about a speedy peace, ac
cording to tho Tolegraaf today.
MAY III UMXSOX
Captain Donson, skipper of tho 111
fotod Clnremant at tho tlmo she
went on tho sunken Jotty, Is bolloved
to now bo tho 'captain of tho steam
ship Solano that Is plying on this
coast and recently came Into Port
land whero sho is doing charter
work for tlio Hart-Wood Lumber
company of Aberdeen. This vessel
has recently been plying between
San Francisco nnd Guaymas, Mexico
Tho steam schooner Claremont
wns owned by tho Hart-Wood lum
ber company. Whllo hero Captain
'Benson mado many friends, but
sinco ho loft for San Francisco no
thing had been heard regarding tho
subsequent hearing boforo govern
ment officials or whether or not his
llconso was revokedf
Times Want Ads bring rosuIU.
MKMHKH OK TIII3 ASSOCIATED PIUCSS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24,
MANY COMK l-'OK THM PHKSl
DKNT AND W1FK
Will Not bo Opened Until Tonight
Couplo Ktlll nt Hot
Springs
lllr AMarlalml ITMi lo Coo. liar TlmM.l
HOT SPUINGS, Vn Dec. 24.
All Christmas presents addressed to
President Wilson passed toduy Into
tho snfo keeping of his wife, to bo
hold by) her until tonight when tho
packages will bo opened. Tho pack
ages addressed toiMrs. Wilson woro
taken In chargo by tho President.
Y
STATK DKPAltT.MKNT TO lXVMS
TIOATM VKSHKIi NIXK1X0
Will ANccitalii Whetliei' Inpaucso
Liner Was Cllvcn Any Wur"-
ing by Sitlinuirluo
nr Auociithi rr to cooi n.r Time..
WASHLNCJTON, 1). C Deo. 24.
Inquiry into tho sinking of tho Jap
anese llnor Lasaku Man by a sub-
fmnrlno In tho Mediterranean will bo
inndo by tho state department
fthrough tho consular agents. Fur
ther diplomatic correspondence with
AuHtro-lluugnry will result, It wis
Bald, If tho official reports confirm
tho press dispatches that tho steam
er wan sunk without warning.
T
JMIOIIKJAX PltonilKKSIVMS WILL
XAMM HIM KOIt PKKHIDMNT
iMovo Stinted to Also Havo 111 Xitmo
, (io On Hcpuhllenii Ickct
Ah Well
Hr Aunclt4 Frm to Com nr Tlmti.)
' LANSING. Mich., Dec. 24. Po
'tltlons to placo tho nnmo of llooso
volt on tho presidential primary bal
lot In Michigan as n candidate of tho
progressive pnrty woro filed todav
with tho Secretary of tho stato. It
ta understood that formor progrcs
plves who roturnod to tho republi
can party aro giving impetus ton
movement to have Koosovolt's nnmo
also placed, on tho ropubllcnu ballot.
POLICE KEEP ALERT
KIND SlmVICKS IXVALUAHLM
SKVKltAL TIMICS TODAY
l.'iuly Morning Fight Is Closely I'ol-
lowed by Second (VinibatnntH
' Sustain Injuries
Tho pollco woro kopt busy today
watching for t ton bio. On Commer
cial early this morning Floyd Ilark-
rlnw and I). S. Conloguo fought. Tho
latter lind his faco cut. Doth wero
arrested and each) paid $10 fines.
Troublo started In tho Illanco sa
loon about 8 n. m. S. II. Johnson
and Hob Lacoy wero arrested and
each fined $10.
After midnight thero was a mlxup
on Commercial avenuo when It Is
said ono mini used n club. Sovcral
who woro In It had black eyes to
day. It Is said that later the two
principals went to tho stavo mill nnd
fought It out.
" ONLY MOAT OUT
Capt. McLollan of thO, steamer F.
A. Kllhurn says his boat was tho
only ono that got out of tho Colum
bia rlvor, tho bar thero bolng very
rough.
VKSSML MOVKMKNTS
Arrived
V. A. Kllhurn, Portland, 8 a. in.,
today.
Sailed
A. M. Simpson, San Francisco,
noon today.
' Duo Hero
Yollowstono, San Francisco, to
morrow. Duo to Sail
F. A. Kllhurn, San Francisco, 1 1
a. m. tomorrow.
1MPHISOXKD .MAX
HAS IIKUX HMSCUKI)
4 0 AtvuUted I're" to iw.i Itr Timet.
SHAMOKIN, Penn., Dec.
24. Joseph Itenock, im-
prisoned four days ago by a
rubs of coal at tho Richards
colliery, was dug out today
and will llvo.
'
RECEIVE
PRESENTS
PLAN
INUIR
Ill
HHHSEVELT
191 5 EVENING EDITION.
SETTLEMENT IS
IjllllE POSSIBLE
Belief in Austria Ancona Mat
ter Can be Settled in a
Peaceful Manner
TD
Austria-Hungary and Germany
Both Anxious to Preserve
Friendly Relations
ARE HOPEFUL AT EMBASSY
HcpiiHcittntlCH of United States tit
Vienna Seem to Think That n
Soli lion of tho Difference
Ih Quito Posslblo
CDf AuoclttM prrM U Coot nf TlmM J
. V1MNNA, Dec. 24 From all quar
ters the conviction Is now entertain
ed that the dlfforonccn between Aus
tria - Hungary nnd tho United States
which arose from tho Ancona Inci
dents, tiro suscepttblo to nn amlc
ublo sottlemout. Tho Austro-Hun-gnrlnn
reply to tho latest Ancona
noto niny he oxpected In a few days.
WuutH to Keep Peace.
Tho Associated Press correspon
dent can state on tho best authority
that tho Austrian government, as
well nB tho German, Is willing to do
Its utmost to maintain good relations
with tho United States providing no
conditions regarded as prejudicial
to the honor of this nation nro Im
posed. Think It Posslblo
At tho Amorlcnu Mmbnssy, tho
Impression provntls that It is still
posslblo to arrlvo nt a solution of
the Ancona question.
STKAMIIOAT .MAX
.. GUTS A XMW JOB
j AMOclitod Vrrtt to vm vtf Tlmm.
BT. PAUL, Doc. 24.
Cnl M. Stono, passongor
traffic iiiannuor of tho Groat
! Xorthoru Pacific steamship
company, nan noon cuoboii
first pnBsengor traffic man-
ngor of tho Great Northern
railroad. -
SMIHOUSLY 1IUHT
CliailfN IuidP Struck by n Falling
Troo '
Churles Landls was struck by a
falling treo in Anderson's tlo camp
near llaudon. Tho blow on tho
htad caused him to becomo dolorl
ous and It is .feared ho cannot ro
cover. Ho Is at Mmorgency hospi
tal In Handon.
J
t WATERFRONT NEWS t
C. F. McClcorgo 1ms rocolved word
that tho steam schooner Westerner
will not como In horo this trip, but
Is under charter to go to Puget
I'Souud for a load of lumbor and so
will not return horo until somotlmo
In January.
Tho steamship Ktlburn arrlvod In
.fnlioiit eight o'clocla this morning
lrom Portland bringing a largo ship
ment of freight and parcel post. Sho
1s unloading this afternoon and ovo
nlng and will get away tomorrow
'morning for Muroka and San Fran
cisco. ,
After working until midnight for
two nights, tho steam schooner A.
M, Simpson wus ablo to clear at
noon today for Sau Francisco with
a full lumber enrgo.
From San Francisco the steam
schooner Yollowstono Is duo to ar
rlvo In elthor tomorrow or Sunday,
bringing a good sized shlpmont of
freight.
TOTAL liltlTIHM LOSSHS
AKK MADK PU1JLIO
Dr AoocliloJ rrr to Coot JUf Tlnin.J 4
LONDON, Dec. 24. Iteply-
lug to a written question by
a mombor of the house of
commons, Promlor Asqulth
today gavo tho total British
casualties up to December
U as 628,227
Times Want AUs tor resulti.
mSIKEI
S00
S Consolidation of Times, Const Mall
mill Coos Buy Advertiser.
MAKES
ESCAPE
roi'SIX OK SKR1HAX KING KLKICS
FItOSr AL1IA.NIA
Deports that Severe Fighting Th
Still Going on I lot ween tho
Two Forcc-i
tnr AMorUlM rrom lo Coot liny Tlmn.
UOMM, Dec 24. Prlnco Aloxli
Karageorgovltch of Sorbin, cousin
of King Peter, arrived hero after an
adventurous cscnpo from Albania
with his wife. Ho says what Is loft
of tho Serbian nrmy haa resumed tho
contest with tho DulgarlaiiB cast of
Mlbassan, whero tho fighting linn
been going on for three bucccssIvo
days.
E
OPTIMISM I'OLLOWS IX WAKM
OK SAX KItAXCISCO KAlIt
Charles Hull Declares Culifornlit lte-
fuscH to Lapse Hack Into Old
Hut Say Prosiwrlty Ih Hero
Optimism Is rlfo In Sau Francisco
nnd nil of California In tho wnlco of
tho Panama Pacific Imposition
whoro it was prodtctcd there would
bo doom and weeping nnd wtilllng,
According to Charles Hall, of tho tel
ephono company who returned from
thoro Inst ovonlng.
" California will; drop to tho bot
tom," wan the gonernl expression,
regarding (ho tlmo when tho Impo
sition should closo Its doors and tho
stato or tho (loldon Hear should lapse
once inoro Into tho usual routine.
Hut not so. The peoplo rcfuso to
sit still, says Mr. Hall. They claim
that the, good times of tho cant havo
reached tho wont.
Last Sunday tho fair grounds wero
oponcd to tho public for ono last lit
tle poak and thousands flocked thero
'to big goad byo to tho beautiful
'buildings that already nro bolng
ciumblod to tho earth.
Art Smith again sonrod In tho
licavens via his magic aoroplano
and carved his Initials In tho sky
with n pon of flames, and onco
again tho crowd gasped, and tho
Fair was all over for good.
Mr. Hall niot ono man who had
Just bought a magnificent fair build
ing Tor 1,0C0. Ho was moving It
down' somo where Into tho 8anta
Clara Volloy, thero to sot It up ns a
clubhouso.
Whllo In San Francisco Mr. Hall
'mot an old frlond of his now a rep
resentative of tho National Chamber
of Commorco, who declared that tho
good fortuno, and good business of
tho cast Is already reaching tho west.
Ho said tho Pacific slope Is on tho
vorgo of tho best times It has over
Jiad,
Lumber Is picking un nnd tho
prospects aro that It will go still
higher, andmako profits nbovo tho
self rising freight rates that right
now nro said to bo "dono eattu' up
tho Interest."
WAS A PIONKKIt
Mih. Mrtwnrrt Fnliy Sr., Cuiiio to
Orcuon Years Ago,
Tlio funeral of Mrs. Kdward Fahy
Sr., ploneor of tho Coqulllo Valley,
was hold from tho Catholic Chinch
Tuesday,
Mrs. Fahy's maldon namo was
Srnah Sponkiomor and sho was barn
at Hess Humbnst, Prussia, April
13, 183C. Sho enmo to Ameilca
in 18C4 and lived for n couplo of
years In Now York, rn 18C8, with
n party of friends nnd relatives sho
started for tho west, coming by way
of Panama,
Alter a short roBldonco In Calirn--nla
she ruma to Oregon, landing In
Port Orford. She was married In
I860 and with her husband settled
on a homestead a short distance
northeast of Billiards on whl:h fc'io
spont tho remainder of her davs.
She was tho mother of nlny i!dl
dron eight of which aro living. I.er
husband died several years h?o. Tho
eight surviving children nro: Flor
Indu, Mary K., Mrs, A. II. Brown;
Edward W.; Isadoro P.; Silas W ;
Francis J.; Charles G. Mrs. Capt,
Oscar Gruggol died about 1887,
Sho has a sister, Mrs. Dormer,
living In Sucromento. Another Ms
tor died In San Francisco somo
years ago.
1JKIKP BAXDOX XKWS
Rayner Gelsendorfer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Geo, Gelsendorfer, who has
been attending the University of Cal
ifornia, Is oxpectod homo In a few
days,
GOD
TM
CDMII
No. 130
n
IN THE VOSGES
Win Back Positions Which
Were Taken Recently by
' the GSWaP.S
WILL BEj TRUCE
All Hope for Stopping the
Fight for Christmas Has
Faded Away
RUSSIA CLAIMS SUCCESS
British Declaro that Bulgarian Will
Invade Greek Territory to Drive
Out tho Allies Artillery Fight
nt tho Gnlllpolt Peninsula
Iff AitocltIM rrtM to Com rtr Ttmw.)
LONDON, Dec. 24. Tho acrmann
hnvo completely regained tho posi
tions on tho HnrtmaniiB-Wollorkopt
In tho Vosgcs Mountains, recontly
taken by tho French, Dorlln an
nounced today. The French have
driven out of tho trenches they Htlll
occupied on tho Northern slope or
tho peak, It In declared. Mnny Iso
lated engagement on all fronts upset
tho predictions of a universal Christ
mas truce.
Claim Success
From Oallcla tlio Hussions ropntt
success In nctlon against tho Am
trlans near Tronbo-riu. wnore the
Teutons have been Booking to
streugtlion tho Hues.
A Montenegrin statement says the
Austro-Hungarlana attacked Tour
Ink but woro ropuhod with a largo
lOBS.
May Invado Greece
Tho British declnre tho Bulgarian8
aro propurlng to Invado Greek terri
tory .In an of fort to oxpol tho Allies
from Salonlkl.
Constantinople reports that the
Ilusslan attempts to approach the
Mllo sector on tho Caucasian front
woro repulsed. Violent artillery
action at Scddul Dahr on tho C-al-llpoll
Peninsula Is roportod.
DOCK IS LKASKD
Swnyno & Iloyt, operating the Ar
row lino' of steamers between Port
land nnd San Francisco and operate
boats to Cooos Bay closod a lease on
tho Oak street dock at Portland for
a year.
DMBATKBH SHLKCTKI)
Itoprcsontatlves or llaudon high
school in the debating contest qt the
state high schoool leaguo wero chos
en lu tho try out at the high school
flast Friday forenoon, Tho success
ful contestants nro Harold Johnson,
"Helen Thornton, Hello Chatburn,
'Mildred Lnngloy, asd Dick Craln.
Dandon Itecorder.
SKLKCT DKBATMBS
Myrtlo Cunningham, Mary Levar.
Morton Tyroll nnd Leslie Schroe
der havo beon selected to reprosnt
thu Coqulllo high school In tho con-
tests of the Stato Debating League
for tho year. Coqulllo Horald.
OLD PLANT SOLD
Was lUtnbllshod by a AVelLkuowH
Writer of Today
NMWPOHT, Ore., Dec. 24. The
old Slgnal-Ilovlow plant, which has
boon stored In u back room for the
last few months has been sold to
H, G. Guild, formerly of Lebanon,
who recently purchased tho Lincoln
Comity Sontlnol at Toledo. The Sig
nal was 'founded seven years apo
by John 'Flomlng Wilson, tho y)B
known writer.
n'f.WK.OK BAXDOX
'Xoten of tho Cty by the Sen From
tho World
First ovldonccu of the Christinas
'season in local marine circles were
tho Christmas trees and creens ths.
lieaped tho upper deck of tho Ban-
don when sho crossed out last.
With the exception, of Mlsa Mast-n
erson and Miss HuKhes. whoso honiw
aro In Cqrry county, and Mlse Land
reth, of Marshfleld, very few of the
Dasdonl teachers expect to leave thtt
city during the holidays,
Harry Lockwood, formerly of this
city and now of Sn Francisco, has
hseiit here for 1000 Christmas trees
Which he will supply to the trade in.
the. California metropollis