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THE JOS'B'AYiTIME MARSHFIfeLD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JANMRY 121 915-EVEMNG EDfrlClN.
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COOS BAY TIMES
M. O. MALONEY, Editor nnd Pub.
DAN H. MALONEY, News Editor
Official Pnpcr of Coos County
Official Paper City of Marshflold.
sit son deal
Entered At the Postofflco at Marsh
Hold, Oregon, for transmission
through tho malls second-class
mail matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
DAILY.
One year $6.00
Por month .60
WEEKLY.
One year SI. 50
When paid strictly In ndvnnco tho
ubncilptlon pi Ice of tho Coos Hay
Times Is SG.00 per yoar or $2.60 for
lx months.
Address all communications to
CO09 TIAY DAILY TIMES.
$ EUROPEAN WAR ONE X
t YEAR AGO TODAY X
$$
JAfcUARV JB, 1015
Turkey nccoptB all of Italy's de
mands for reparation for tho llo
olda Incident. ,
Qormnns bombard tho rrunch
lines along the Alsno nnd claim
furthor progress In tho heights of
tho Mouso.
Tho Russians roputsa a Germotx
nesault nt Warsaw.
Tho German cruiser lCirlsruho Is
reported sunk off tho Hrltteli West
Indies.
CLOSED
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company Is negotiating for from tho
Monnshu Woodonwnio Company is
said to ho composed of sections that
nlternnto with the Simpson holdings
nnd the amount lnvoled Is ostimnt-
AVAK PUTS UNITED STATES
TRADE LEAD
IN
STANDS FIRST WOW CUT OUT NOTICES
Chief of Foreign nnd Domestic Hu
ion u 31al.es Report Shotting
Condition of Affalf.s
Hjr Attorltted rrc to Cooo Uny Tlmo.
WASHINGTON, .Inn. 12. How
tho United States through the acci
dent of a world war lias niovcil from
its placo as n commercially provln
liny Couulllo Timber
Tho Chancy IntorestB of Dotrolt
which A. Ei Adclspergcr now repro-
AVJIV IS THE LUMBER .AIAItKET
BETTER? ,
WHENEVER nnd whonovor
lumbormon muot tho topic
Immediately under dis
cussion Is tho rising mar
ket, tho reasons thorofor and
npoculntlon as to whothor it Is n flur
ry or Is predicated on substantial
reasons, warranting n bollof that tho
coining yoar will bo ono of prosper
ity for lumbermen.
Manufacturers bollovo ouch to bo
tho caso; thoy aro gradually increas
ing prices, but they linvo n.long ways
to go boforo thoy roach n point which
may bo deemed as satisfactory.
Should thoy succeed In reaching tho
lovol of 1912 prices during 1910, thoy
could reasonably congratulnto tlioin
solvos on a noteworthy nccoinpllsh
mont. Howovor, tlioflo indications aro fa
vorablo for such results; tho states
which normally consume sovonil bil
lion foot of Douglas fir annually, are
in a genornlly prosperous condition;
yellow plno manufacturers havo do
volopod tholr peculiar mar
kots to Hiich an extant that thoy
aro disposing of tholr cut at well-ad-vnnccd
prices, which assures tho per
mnnoncy of tho eastorn demand.
Thoro is an immense volumo of
money on doposlt in banks, which it
Is roasonablo to nssumo will bo seek
ing investment nt an early dato, and
n goodly portion will
if' Vl
W' T'? Vi nnn'nnn' ,l! Ul Ue,gh" clal and secondary poWcr to tho
UW.'.WWU VI T,WVV,VV . Kn., f fl.M, ln1l.rtMlnlll n.M.... M.
illlft. UL 11IOL 1MIJIUI WUIVU UIUUIi till:
igrcat nations of tho world, econom
ically, industrially nnd financially,
Is told In detail In tho, first annual
report of Dr. Edward E. Pratt, chief
of tho Foreign nnd Domestic Com
merco Bureau of the Department of
Commorcc.
What tho country has gained tom-
J pornrlly through tho fortunes of the
European conflict, says the report, it
jenn hope to hold In (ho commercial
.struggle that will bo resumed nt
( tho conclusion of ponco only by tho
most rar-signteu commercial pro
paredncss. Two gravo problems fnco
.development nnd mnlntcnanco of for
I olgn trndo. Tho first is declared
to bo that of flnnnco and tho second
thnt of training mou for tho work.
London Formerly Led..
"Tho financing of our forolgn
trndo," tho roport says, "and In
'fact by far tho larger part of tho
financing of tho world's trndo, has
hitherto been dono through Lon
don. Tho Unltod States nevor has
tnkon any largo 'part in financing
foreign trndo becauso of tho com
pnratlvoly small part of that bus!
ness carried on hero nnd becauso
also of tho unfnmlllarlty of many
of our bankers with tho methods of
International flnnnco. Nor hns tho
United Stntcs takon any lnrgo part
in supplying capital to other coun
tries. "On account of tho war this sit
uation Is rapidly changing. Tho vol-
L. J. SIMPSON
PUBLICATIONS AVITH LIQUOH
ADS MUST HE TAUOOED
President Slmiwon Company, Which
is Reputed Sold.
soiiIb rccontly bought thrco trncts
near Myrtle Point and Coqulllo. Ono
wuh from T. 1). Land and tho other
two from Hnycu llrothors.
Another Deal
I". E. Conwny and Dennis McCar
thy aro also reported uogotlatlng n
flllllinr flntll 111 Vnltfltltv rint.llli 'ntlj...
tllllbop tniCtM U-lilnl, In n frnn.l H.fl ' foreign bUslnCSS dOHO
ono and will probably bo coiiBumat-
cu soon. t
FIRM IS OLD OXR
1H.10 In
Started on Coos Hay la
Snmll AVny
L. J. Simpson is nrcHident of tho
Simpson Lumber Compnny. Tho
liclrs to tho estate of tho lata Cant.
A. M. Simpson uro L. J. Simpson,
Capt. Edgar Simpson nnd Mrs. Hoy
Plko of San Francisco.
L. J. Simpson owns his summer
homo Shoreucres nnd has other largo
holdings on Coos Hay which nro his
ludlvldunlly nnd apart from tho com
pany nffnirH. It Is said thnt thn mir.
' ftllnflfl linu iwiH.l.i.. te .!. .i!.!. l.l ..
....w .i..u iiuuiMif, iw uu ttiui inn iiur-
sonal lioldlngs. Mr. Simpson could
not bo ronchod today hut ho hnB pre
viously Bald that If thero was any
snlo of tho compnny property It would
not inciuuo Ills Holdings.
Nnmo Widely Kuoun
Tho Simpson Lumber Comnnnv is
probably bo i ono of tho uldost on tho const nnd thn
used to flnnnco building operations: ' mo is ono, w men ih Known fur and
... - ! U'lfm III Mln rumlinM nlunlftH fill. , 1
this fenturo Is Biibstnntlnto.i i,v i,lln,i. ' ' " ' nnuiior circles. Tlio Into
urubor clrolon
I Pllllf A "f Clnntanti In 1 CPrt . t
Iur reports from a largo number of Jed' bu nM m ' ' s ,iZl rI
Jondlng cities, bIiowIhr thnt opora- fornlu and Hhlpped tho machlnory of
uoiib ror tno past tnreo months wero i"u "",l iwo-mnsi scnoonor to
heavier than for tho corresponding
period of tho pnflt two years.
In California tho products from
tho soli for tho current year, accord
ing to railway statisticians, total
1479,000,000, an n fair percontngo of
this will be used for Improvement
purposes.
Against all this Is tho scarcity of
tonnage; this is a bad foaturo, nt tho
10 por cent of Pacific Coast lumber
which iiorinully flndB mi outlet Tn
offshoro markets is a governing fat
tor In stabilizing tho domestic mar
ket. Taking the outlook as n whole,
thoro Is tho strongest kind of n prom
Iso thnt 191 C will bo u ninmifai-tur
ors yonr; It is also u Bafo prediction
that circumstances aro being shaped
which will enable manufacturers to
retuln control of tho situation; this
should bo gintlfylng to them, ns thoy
Jmvo cortnlnly grown wunr of being
tho football of circumstances bevond
tholr control. Wcatorn Lumberman.
North Howl. A brother of thn own
or, Capt. Iewls Simpson, was mnstor
through Now York Is continuously
Increasing and New York banks aro
rapidly providing facilities for Am
ericans who wish to export."
Hesorvo 'Act Helps
Two provisions In tho Perioral Ho
sorvo act, tho roport says, havo
been of mntcrlal nsslstanco to tho
forolgn trade. Ono Is tho Introduc
tion of tho uso of nccoptauco nnd
tho othor permission granted to Nat
ional hanks to establish foreign
branches.
"In thus establishing branch
banks In foreign countries," tho
roport continues, "wo nro following
tho load of England, Gormnny nnd
othor European countries, which
havo used tholr Imnlts as trado out
posts. Europenu oxportors havo
bcu ubln, becauso thoy had tholr
own Hanking institutions on tho
grounds, to extend credit to their
customers, wlion such credits worn
desorvod. Our oxportors havo boon
hampored by tho lack of theso fac
ilities. Moro important than this,
documents containing often tho most
confidential facts of our morchants
nnd manufacturers havo been open
District Attorney Explains Linv Un
der Now Prohibition Art
Says it Will bo Enfoit'cri
Nowspnpors nnd periodicals of
Oregon nro not allowed to carry
liquor advertisements, Publications
from points outside tho dry territory
when placed on Bnlo within tho
boundaries of Oregon, arc thou on
n par with local publications nnd
with tholr liquor ndvcrtlsomonto, aro
prohibited from sale. Such Is the
statomont of District Attorney L, A.
Llljeqvlst.
Try to Find Way Out.
Newsdonlors had hoped there eotild
bo somo way for them to escnpo
tho talons of tho law In tho snlo
of outsldo pnpors nnd poriodlcnls
that contnln such nils. Somo of
thorn tried tho laborious oxpedlont
of clipping such- naughty nds, but
tho tnsk becnino too long Involved
nnd most of tho dealers quit.
"If tho newspapers within tho
borders of Orogo- "tuot tako
such nds," snld Mr. Llljoqvlst, "It
Is certainly unfair to let publica
tions from tho outsldo como In horo
filled to tho limit with suah notices.
Tho law Is plain and explicit on
this point and thoro scorns to bo no
room for a question nbotit It."
Mulls Not Affected
Ha points out that Congress In Its
mnll laws, hns prohibited tho send
ing of liquor by parcel post, but
tho Inw makes no mention regard
ing tho Bonding of publications con
taining liquor nds through tho malls.
For this ronson tho stato of Ore
gon has no power to loglslnto ngninst
tho malls. Publications may bo sent
to private Individuals from tho out
sldo and tho Inw can not reach cith
er tho sender or receiver.
Cannot bo Dlxplajcd
Hut wlion papers aro sont to nows
doalors, as soon ns tho pnekago
reaches tholr destination and nro
unriono nnd put up far sale, nt thnt
tlmo tho publications como under
tho stnto law and aro subject to thu
samo restrictions' as aro tho Oregon
pnpors nnd magazines.
HOADMASTEH NAMED.
ALHANY, Oro., Jan. 12. Lincoln
County has decided to nppolut a
rontlmnstor at n salary of $1800.
Andrew Porter of Albany, has boon
selected for tho position.
Help Your Body
To Resist Disease
WtllKmimtmm
"I nnd Foley Cntlmrtlo Tnlilots to
bo tho most dollRlitmi cioanainK caxn
artlo I liavo over takon. Tlioy aro
Just tho thine." O. AY. Itobeson,
Wichita Falls, Tox.
Uso Foley Cathortlo Tablets to co
oporato with naturo In her oftorto to
resist UlHCtiBO. Thoy Ucop your bow
els rogulnr und notlvo, nnd thoy pro
vont poisons from lodglnK In your In
testinal tract, thonco holnir nbaorboil
by your blood Into your nystcm. Thuy
rcltovo constipation ovor night.
Thoro in no unpleasant nausea or
rrrlplnB in tho uso of Foley Cathartic
Tablets. Instead, thoro is frocdom
from headaches, blllouanoss, Blugglsh,
dull feullnir nnd riorvouu irritability.
Thoro Is for you onortry nnd ambition,
ability to enjoy your work and your
pleasure Thoy rollovo tho unploas
unt, gassv, full focllinr, and ulvo you
n. comfortnblo clean feeling Instead.
Ktout proplo do so onjoy them.
For snlo by Owl Prescription Phnr
macy. Frank D. Cohan, Central Avo
uuo. Opposite Chandler Hotol. Tele-
'nhnnn 74,
JIAKES GOOD SHOWING
Pondlctou Has Dono Imrgo Aiuotiut
of Public liupi'owuucut
PENDLETON, Ore. Jan. 12. Tho
nnnuul roport of Hocorder Thomas
POIUTH .MILL OF SIMPSON COMPVNY.
qf tho vossol which was wreckod on
tho bar and Lowlb Slmnson lost his
llfo.
A. M. Simpson umnniiori to bavo
1 moat of tho machlnory from tho
File Gerald, aubmlttod in n,A n.,)rw.K n"' was takon to North
ell shows that during tho year ItoWSSi waT SuS . "R
building pormits wore issued nnd whb located nt what is now known"
that tho estimated cost of tho build- "8 t,le 0, ,ow" aiul ri u capacity
ing work wns .ir,,000. Twenty- ?,',?;?,?,? ,1l,y ll,lrtor rvoWo elr
fho blocks of stroot woro paod at From till modest boslunlng grow
a cost of $n4,G03.2r, giving Pondlo- tho bljf biurine which nftorwnrd bo
ton a total of eight inllou of pavod i WU1K " prominent on tho const.
Btroot. Nearly 12,000 lineal feet of -,,, ,1V',ilum!,",,'r ,
concrete sidewalk was laid during Lumber com nam- c Coo. HavT
- . - --- rf -
tho yoar.
SOME VIOLATED
Part of Paroled Men llroko Confi
denco Etendel Thoiu
SALEM, oro., Jan. 12. Nlnoty-
four men bvo i)0on parolod by Gov
ernor Wlthycombo from tho stato
prison, according to n roport sub
mitted by Stato Parolo Officer Kel
ler, aud of theso 29 huvo vlolatod
their parolo nnd 17 havo boon re
turned to tho penitentiary. Threa
parole violators committed crimes in
California and aro now serving
terms In San Quqntlu penitentiary.
upon lai'Koly handled b- L. J. Slum
sou who founded Notth Hond nnd
who wuh mayor of tho city slnco It
was organised until u fow months
ngo. Mr. Slmpsou has always boon
uctlvo In public nffolrs on Coos Hay
nnd thnt he will letalu his poisounl
intoroats hero will bo a sourco of
muou gramutio. . f
SALEM Tho Marlon cSunty
grand Jury roturnod ntuo Indict
ments nnd nt the samo time rrturn
od not true hill In tho casos of
flvo iiorsoiiB whose thJiisgrosslonB
hari boon roforrcd to that bodv.
.QltEPIIAM Tho volunteer fuo
tltiypi tniont of the ilty cloctod d'ffi
vblor'oi'tlio brenuliatton. J ,t,(
to tho scrutiny of our competitors."
Not Independent.
Tho war has demonstrated, snys
Dr. Pratt, that tho United States)
Is not economically Independent. Tho
buslnoss public, ho snys, does not
fully appreciate the financial crisis c
through which tho country passed
during tho porlod immediately after
war's outbreak, ""it Is not tool
much to bay that tho United Statos'
oporloncod tho sovorost financial I
strain in her history during that J
period," ho declares.
Dr, Pratt urges u deflnlto forolgn
commorolnl policy by tho United
Statos. This, ho Bays. Is gradually i
"taking shapo under a wiso nnd
onroful administration. Amorlcani
iuvofitmonts abroad nro bolug ou-j
eouingori, -Hut uftor all tho contin
uing of n forolgn commoiolnl policy
Is not so much dopondout on offi
cers of tho governmont us on tho
Aniorlonn public, on public opinion,
and tho American public Is Just
nwnkunlilg to n realization of tho
situation "
Armour's
Star Ham
in tho now STOCKINET COVERING
Is Just "Tho Ham What Am" mnrio
I hotter Uy tielnir Miiokou m tills!
I cleanly piotector, which letalus all'
tho natural Juices aud intensifies i
tho flavor. I
Older ono today. Aro boltl by
leading meichuuts.
Oldest Hnnk InoCoos County
Established 1881)
Flanagan (b Bennett Bank
Mnrshfictd, Coos County, Oregon.
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $120,000
INTEREST PAID O.V TIME AND SAVINGS DEI'O.SITS
Offkors J. W. DL'NNETT, President; .IAS. 1. FLANAGAN, VIco
Prcsldcnt; R. F. WILLIAMS, Cashier; G. F. WINCHESTER,
Assistant Cashier.
Flanagan h Bennett Bank
OF MVRTliE POINT
Capital $25,000
Offlcors J. W. 11ENNETT, President; JAS. II. FLANAGAN, Vice
President; L. M. SUPLE13, Cashier; L. T. DEMENT, Assistant
Cashier.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY,
Dr. A. L. Houseworth.
Physician nnd Surgco ' ,
Office: Irving niock.
Office hours: 11 to la n. m.; jl
t nnd 7 o 8 p. m.
Phonos; Offlco l-J.'l-J; Res., 143.,
J. M. Wright "
Phono I8j.j
UUILDIG CONXltlOTon
Estimates furnished on roquet
Bennett Trust Company
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $125,000
Offlcors J. W. HENNETT, Prosldent; TOM T. DENNETT, Vice
President; ARTHUR M'KEOWN, Sccrolnry; DENNETT SWAN
TON, Tieasurer.
Tho Only Trust Company In tho .Stnto, Oiitnido of Portland, Wlih'li
Otgauled Under tho Now Law.
100 Men.
who for the last year have not heen saving, should
commence THIS WEEK to save some money each pay
day. '
START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT.
The First National Bank
Invites you to keep an account in its Savings Depart
ment, $1.00 or more will open an account on which you
will receive 3 per cent compound interest. '
DO NOT DELAY! Make your first deposit this week!
First
Bank
Marshficlcl,
N ational
of Coos Bay
Oregon
Dr. H. M. Shaw
Hyo, Ear nnd Throat Special!
i vi mioa ii,.- Aiixxi'ilJ
Phono 330-J. Rooms 200-201
Irving Hlock.
DR. MATTin II. SHAAV.
Physician nnd Surgco 'J
Phono aao-j.
H. G.' Butler
CIVIL ENGINEER
Room 304 Colto Bldg. Phono HJ.J,
Rosldonco Phono 3G3-L,
""W
GRAVEL
Wo aro now proparod to furnish GRAVEL In any quantities
from pllo In our yard or in carload lots, at following prices:
From pllo on ground, $2.?f por yard.
Carload lots, taken from cars, $12,00 por yard.
Retail Departmuit.
C. A. Smith Lumber & Mfg. Co.
Opposite Poht-Offlco. Phone 100.
W. G. Chandler
ARCHITECT
Rooms 301 nnd 302, Coko Bulldlnj
Marshflold, Oregon.
TIME TAHLB
AVltiLAMETTE I'AOIFIO MOTOR
CAR
Leave ' iHH
Marshflold North DeaJ
0:4C a.m. 7:00 a.m.
T.-jC..m. 8:00 a.tn,
8:4C n.m. 0:00 a.ta,
3:4C a.m. 10:15 in,
10:4C a.m. luoo B.m,
11:30 a.m. 11:45 in,
12:C0 p.m.y 1:15 p.n.
1:45 p.m. 2:00 p.n,
2:46 p.m. 3:00 p.n,
3:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
C:00 p.m. 5:15 p.n,
C.40 p.m. 5:55 p.m.
G:C5 p.m. North city limits only.
7:30 p.m. 7:45 p.m.
MHmfHmtHHi
1
WESTERN LOAN AND J
BUILDING CO.
Assets $2,340,000.00
X Pays 8 per cent on savings!
I. S. KAUFMAN & CO,
Local Treasurer
Abstracts
rOR KKLIAHLU AHSTRAOTS OK TITLE AND INFIMtMATIUrt
AHOUTJ
COOS BAY REAL ESTATE, See
TITLE GUARANTEE & ABSTRACT CO., Inc.
MAR8IIKIELD AND COQUILLU CITY, OREGON
OKNKIULAOENTS, KAHT8IDE AND SENGSTACKIiN'S ADDITION
AOKN'TS FOR CANADIAN I'ACIPIO RAILROAD LANDM
IIENRV 8ENOSTACKEN, MANAGER
SOUTH COOS RIVER HOAT
SERVICE
LAUNCH KXPRES3
leaves Blnrshflold orcry da
8 a. in. IyoarcH head of rirer
at 8:1b p. in.
BTEAJIKR RAINBOW
loaves bond of rlvor dally at 7
. in. Lonvoo Jfarshflcld nt a p,
in. For charter apply on board,
ROGERS & SMITH
Proprietors
HAVE THE ROOF FIXED
NOW
Sec C0RTHELL
Phone 3171
NORTH PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
S. S. F. A. Kilburn
SAILS FOR
SAN FRANCISCO, (Via Eureka)
JANUARY 17
FIIO.AI SMITH TERMINAL DOCK
For FuilliiT Information Call lild. L. G. Cl'SllING, Agent.
MERCHANT CAFE
Popular Plnco for
Good Meals
" Prices Reasonable
Cor. Commercial and H'dw'r
I.
T. J. HCA1FE if A. II. HODOINI
Marshfield ratTc A
Eutlmates Imishetl
lhoo lltt-R. Marshflold. Oros
Mafct L. May
Wholesale Distributor
mmmmmmmmmmmmsmam
20
FARE THN CENTS
City Limits North Rend, Be.
COMMUTATION nft
TICKETS $1.75 Zil
MnrshfloId.North Hond Auto
Lino
Cars ovory ten minutes from
O a. in. to 12 p. in.; to South
Slough onco a day, leaving at
11 a. in.; to Kmplro tliroo trips
a day, i ,
GORST Jl KING, Props.
EXPERT WELDING of METALS
Steel, brass, cast, iron and aluminum castings made
like new
DEMONSTRATIONS DAILY.
Koontz Garage
Phone 180-J.
North Front Street
SAVE MONEY
by ordering tho famous
HENRYVILLE C0AL-infl
Nut coal, por ton fOT
Lump coal, por ton f3,80
Or half ton of both H'8 ,
D. MUSSON, Prop.
Phone 18-J or leave orders at
nillyer'A Cilfar Store.
Want udvci Using noIN
lougcrM unted things.
tho no.
FOR TRANSFER AND STOR.
AGE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS
FREIGHT AND HAGGAGE
Call -.
FERGUSON TRANSFER
Phono Kill
Resldeuro Phone 13-.T
Market Ao. and AVwterfrcnt
Puget Sound Bridge &
Dredging Co.
Dams, Bridges, Buildings. General Construction
COMPLETE PLANTS FOR HARBOR WORK
Our Coos Bay office has available for Oregon Coast
work the
Dredge "Seattle"
tho most powerful, best equipped and most thoroughly modem
twenty-inch hydraulic dredge Ik Pacific wafers
Coos Bay office, Main office,
Marshfield, Oregon. Seattle, Washington.
WOODGOOD WOOD ,
AA. II. Llnffo lias it at 31.00 Wa
$3 cash per load, nlso coal, 'rith
prices roasonablo. Gnrbago w&oi
od. Phono 227-J.
'
DRY WOOD
CAMPBELL'S W00DYARD
North Front Stroot
Phone 370J
DUNGAN
UNDERTAKING
PARLORS
will bo kept
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
A Tegular stato licensed
undertaker will be la
charge
Phone lOrJ-J
. -, i
amxmsm