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THE COOS BAY TIMES. MARSHFIELD, OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1916 EVENING EDITION.
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ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT-
Atie Lando Sale
Tomorrow's Specials
25c. 20c. 15c
LACES for
5c
The Yard
40c. 35c. 30c.
LACES for '
10c
The Yard
EMBROIDERIES AND TRIMMINGS-
60c. 50c. 45c.
LACES for
. 15c
The Yard
Same Prices.
Customers Who attend this sale are our best advertisement
Hub Clothing & Shoe Co.
Purchasers
VOTERS TO DECIDE
SI'KCIAIi SCIIOOIi KLKCTIOX TO
1JU JIHLI) AT HASTSID13
CAMPAIGN Oil HOT HIT SUE TOE CITY
SKKK HOO MKMHKItS OF CIIAMIIKK
OI-1 OOMMKKCK IV FKIJ. 15
"livery ltcsldcnt n Member; Every
Monitor n Worker" In Slogan
Committees Oct to Work
"Every resident a member; every
member a worker." Its tlio now slo
gan of the Chnmbor of Commcrco
campaign committee Mnrahflold
late- yesterday was divided into four
districts. In cacli dlstrlct-todny and
until Fobruary 2 a committee will
work. Tlioro nro now 90 mombors
of tho Chamber. The ,plan is to
bring tho total up to 300 mombors
beforo tlio closo of tlio campaign.
"Its tho big year ahead of us,"
they say. "Its tho year wo'vo been
looking for. Now Us up to us to
ninko tho most of it. Wo can do it
by making tho Chamber of Com
mcrco an offlclont and hard work
ing organization. This can't bo dono
by knocking and saying what ought
to bo dono. Join tho Chnmbor nnd
work, that's what wo nocd right
new."
Start Work nt Onto
And so early this morning tho
committees of tho city wont to work.
In District No. 1, which tnkes In nil
of Front street, Tom Harvey, Tom
James and 12, L. McCluro tiro in
vhargo; for District No. 2, nil ter
ritory north of nnd including Com
mercial avouuo, Hay Olllvnnt, Jay
Doylo and II. J. Kimball; for Dis
trict No. 3, betwoon Commercial and
Andorson, and including tho latter,
, E I. Chandlor, Lionel Gordon nnd
J. C. Kcndull and for District No.
1, Boutlt of Anderson avouuo, Alvu
Doll, Hugo Qulst and Mel Duncan.
Bon Fisher and Frank a. Hot-ton
will look after tho membership cam
paign among tho corporations of tho
ftslty.
Report of their efforts will bo
'"nmdo at tho banquet on drouud-hog
Tny, February 2. It Ib expected that
200 men will attend tho dinner thnt
night and promlco to do their part
ffoi Murehflold and Coos Day In
1616.
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WEST CENTRAL AVENUE OWN
ERS OF PROPERTY' INCENSKI)
"KEATING IS GIF
$iu:i:m;cti:i to hkai marsh.
rflfil... In Arf1. il.i.t rr..if1u rn.m. fT.i
IMiuikhiK Only $100 of Stipu
lated ijinoo In City Treasury'
Suit of Eovoral WoBt Ceutrnl Avo
uuo property owncrn against tho city
for tho reason thnt logging truckft
nro said to have damaged tho street
planking, was rumored today in sov
oral places. C. S. Hoffman, who
lives at the corner of 14th and Cen
tral, admitted that ho expects to fllo
suit. 'v
"The street Is In a horrlblo Bhnpo
now," ho said. "Whon tho logging
is finished the city, will condemn it,
order now planking and the proper
ty owners will linvo to foot tho bill."
WiigoiiH Sink In "
Ho said that lato yesterday two
wagons sunk through tho plnnking
almost in front of his homo nnd bo
on mo stalled tlioro and that several
times tho wagons have slid off tholr
lmprovl8ed rondway, cutting up tho
plankng on olthor sldo.
City Rocordor Hutlcr this morning
stntcd that tho city has received $400
of tho G00 lomnndod of tho logging
company as tho necessary iiniount
needed to ropnlr (famages dono to
tho stroots by tho truckB. At tho
laBt council meeting City Engineer
A. I), aidley nnld that tlio damngo
In tho pnst 30 days linn nmountod to
about $700 n addition to tho other
G00 damages.
Plunking In Old
Howovor, Mr. Oldloy aitld thin
morning that tho plnnking on West
Central avouuo wua Inid in 1008 and
I now going on Its eighth year and
thnt ordinarily tho llfo of planking
Is from flvo to six years. Ho said tho
stroot was in bud condition thero bo
foro the trucks started running.
"I think thnt If tlio property own
ers out there bring tho mnttor Into
court they will get llttlo foro their ef
forts, nut of courBo, further down
town, Its different. I am not saying
0 RUCKS
GO NG
DICMISE OF FAMOL'H CLAM
HARD ON CANNERIES
IS
A to Forced North to AIiihIcii TIiIh
Variety of Clam Ih Scarce on
Cwi8t Near Hero '
Tho demise of tho rnzorback clam
it a blow to tho clam canning Indus
try of tho Pacific Coast. Frank Hor
ton dcclnres that tho clams aro dy
ing out in this section and thnt tho
canneries nro moving to Alnska, all
of which will havo a dccldod effect
on tho price, of tho clams In cans.
In this vicinity thero nro fow such
clams. It Is said that at ono tlmn
tl oy grow, to a certain extent, nonr
Clnrlcston liny and also at Sncchl
Dcach, but now thero aro none at all
found In tho former plnco and vory
few at tho lnttor.
Razorback claniB nro perhaps tho
best of tho clam family for canning
purposes. Tho ment is tender nnd
cooks up vory nicely.
Cnnncrlcs woro established on tho
California coast and nlso on tho
northern Oregon const and also in
Washington. It la said that onco
theso clams loavo, they can not
again bo brought back or replanted
Uko tho oystors, but uro gono for all
tlmo.
ATTACK I TITLE
IIKIRS OR W. (!. WERSTER CLAIM
INTEREST IN ROUEKH RUILDINO
Question Ih thnt of lining tho School
House as a Civic Center of
Community
Tho pcoplo of tho Enstslde school
district will hold n special election
on January 22 for tho purposo of de
ciding tho question ns to whether or
not tho school building shall bo used
no a civic center. Tho stato law
provides that school houses shall bo
UBcd for meeting plncos of cortnln
kinds but in this caso tlioro is a dif
ference of opinion on tho part of tho
mombors of tho school bonrd ns to
what shall bo dono so tho mnttor
has bcon put to n voto of tho people
of tho district.
It is hold thnt the school house Is
tho only public building in Enstsido
and thnt it is needed by tho pcoplo an
n placo for holding church Borvlccs,
club meetings and other civic gath
erings. Thero Is ono room in tho
building which Is not now used ns a
school.
Tho special election will dccldo tho
tho matter nnd will relieve tho
school board of any responsibility In
acting In the mnttor.
Tho Imxt Pertaining'
Tho following aro tho portions of
sections of Inw which havo bearing
on tho subject:
Section 137 School houses and
civic centers. Tlioro Is horoby estab
lished a civic conter at each nnd ov
ory public school house within tho
stato of Orogon whoro tho citizens
of tho respective public school dis
tricts within tho Bald stato of Oregon
may engage In Biiporvised recreation
al activities, and where thoy may
moot and discuss from time to tlmo
nH they may dcslro any nnd all sub
jects and questions which In tholr
judgment may apportnln to tho edu
cational political, economic, artistic
nnd moral Interest of tho cltizons of
tho respectivo communities In which
thoy may reside
Section 138 Expenses paid by tho
district. Lighting, heating, Janitor
ncryiccs nnd tho services of a Bpccinl
supervising officer whon needed in
connection with such ubo of public
school buildings nnd grounds ns et
forth in section 137 of this net shall
school buildings nnd grounds ns sot
spcclnl school fund of tho respectivo
school districts In tho samo mnunor
and by tho snmo nuthorlty as such
slmllnr services nro now provided
for.
MAKES FINE SHOW
NORTH REND LIRRARV HAS
MADE A RIO GROWTH
Directors Mold h Meeting And Elect
Two Now Members Reports.
Aro Mmlo
Tho members of tho North llond
Llbrnry Association hold n mooting
yesterday afternoon nt tho North
Bond Club. Tho torm of offlco of
two of tho directors, Mrs. L. J. Simp
son and Mrs. L. C. Uoynolds, havo
explrod. Mrs. Simpson was ro-oloct-cd
to sorvo another torm. Mrs Rey
nolds stnted that it would bo Im
possible ,for her to accept another
toim of offlco nnd In her plnco Mrs.
Geo. Mandlgo was elected.
Tho m om hers of tho bonrd will
meet Thursday to elect tho offlcorB
for tho next year. Tho hoard ns it
now stands Is composed of Mrs. C.
M. Dylor, Mrs. Herbert, Armstrong,
Mrs. George Hnzor, Mrs. C. F. McCol
luin, Mrs. L. J. Simpson nnd Mrs.
Qcorgo Mandigo.
Tho library hns made n wondor
ful growth during tlio past yonr. Tho
totnlinunbor of books in tho library
n year ago was 1 ID volumes and
now thero aro 1,500 volumes for tho
uso of tho pcoplo. Tho reports show
thnt 8,025 books woro borrowed
from tho library and taken out for
rending. In addition thero woro
4,0 1G porsons who visited tho llbrn
ry without taking out books, making
'a total of 12,000 visitors to tho li
brary during tho yenr.
Tlio oxponsos for tho pnst year
woro $310. 215. Tho board estimates
$260 ns tho expenses for tho coining
year.
SUPERINTENDENT C0E
GETS SALARY RAISED
North Rend School Ronrd
Htm for Another
Year
Retains
LEGS NOT BROKEN
for Judge Sklpworth, testimony Is
Doing iiiKon today in tno enso of W.
O. Wobator IioIth vs. 8. C. Rogers.
Tho suit Involves a half ownorshlp
In tlio Rogers building on Coiitnti
Avonuo botween Ilrondway nnd
Front.
Tlio enso vns Btnrtod by a daugh
ter In law of W. O. Wobstor who nl-
I Incnn Iri'nirnlnrltlna In tlm (ltl .i.l.Il.
that proporty ownors nlong tho pav-1 8. C. Rogera rocclvod when ho bought
ing nnvoirt n Just kick coming for,1110 proporty at sliorlffB salo twenty
Testimony Taken Regarding Valuable ' RKTECTIVE W.J. MITCHELL HAS
PnijKjrty nt Hroaihmy mid I USE OF ROTH "PROPS"
Central -Old Timers Testify
Roforo A. n. Loud, apdclnl roforco!' Ciirroy Says Ho Met Him on
Street In Portland Latter Do.
rlnrcd However Had Accident
tlio dnningo that hns boon done."
FIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT
iWillluin Sleep AIno Reelected Assist-
nut' Roth Aro Commended for
i Efficient Siytluj
Flro Chief Dan Keating wns ro
.elected no tho offlco for another year
'with nine votes to sparo ovor Jack
jjpnvls by tho voto Inst ovonlug of tho
'Mnrahflojd Flro Department. Will
Tjam Sleep 1b again assistant chief,
winning out against Vlnce Pratt.
The voto for chlof was Keating 22
nnd Davis 13 and for Sloop 20 and
pratt in.
Considerable lutorcst was tnkon In
tho election among tho members.
Fire Chlof Keating has rocelved a
groat doal of commendation for his
past work In tho department nnd
tho interest that ho hns shown, He
has ntteudod several of tho flro
chief's conventions and has kept
abroast with tho up to date methods
of flro fighting.
SH GULLS FLOCK
HIH lll'SKY RIRDS SOON FIND
WHERE FOOD IS PUT
odd years ago. Tio proporty was
men soid to Bimsry a mortgage hold
by Elchold & Mlllor of Snn Francis
co. W. O. WobBter wns ono of tho pio
neers of tho Coqiilllo vnlloy and
W. J. Mitchell, Jitpposcd to havo
had both Ills logs broken in n Port
laud auto accident a short tlmo ago,
walked across tho stroot ns sprightly
na could bo last WedncBdny. D. A.
Ciirroy, of Marsbflold, tapped him on
tho shouldor nenj tho postofflco,
cornor or Sixth nnd Morrison
streets.
"Hollo Mitchell," ho put In.
"Though you had both your legs
broken. Thero was a telegram
Marslifield. Ha was a Hhoomalcnr ilnwn iii iMiiruiifini.i i.n ... ,
wiih quite successful, acciinnilatlng ctl tllnt no "n, not received two brok
proporty nnd orectlng tho first brick i on legs, as Mr. Ciirroy snyB. Tlio
hlock hero, tlio hiilldlin: now oceu-. fnrmnr (ni.i i, i ,i.n ...... 1....1
..i,..i 1... 11.,. ...... ..." ..v " " "' ""u l
I'lW'li IIJ I.IU .lilllDUll DllJll)
Eat Tlio Crumbs In Rack Vaiils for
Smaller llrethivii Roel
In (Joiid (Cats
Tho fainlno of tho hlrds during tho
last two weeks hns resulted in a niu-
iiiuconi narvost for tho boiiku lis that L. A. Roliorts of Mvrt o Point Is
flock up and down tho bay by tho ' ono tno ol'tsldo wRiicsscs In tho
hundreds. Those blK husky hlrtlH I Vf "..."?H?"" c"m. P.Vor. today.
wcro quick to find that food was bo-l "a " a '" L " I """ Ln fS""; ' -thor. wns pt off
Ing put out for tholr smaller broth-! ro,l' to depart, his wife's pnronts torm of cmirt HI,tH tl10 noxt.
ron mid tho result Is that dozons u,e",ll, iniio 111 and tlioy postponed
havo flocked Into tho residence ' t"olr do"rt"r " "Us spring.
parts of thu cltv. 1
in hack yards and on front lnwiiB
Tlio North llond school bonrd at a
mooting yestordny decided to retain
Superintendent E. L. Coo for anoth
er year as head of tho schools. Mr.
Coo canio hero last year following
tho resignation of A. Q. Rnab. For
tho first year ho was paid $1,000
salary and it wns decided by tho
benrd to rnlso Mr. Coo's salary to $1,
800 a yoar, tho samo as was paid Mr.
Ranb.
Mr. Coo will havo tho prlvllogo of
recommending his own corps of
tcncliors. Th'oso ho names will bo
appolutod by tho board.
1
MISSED THE SNOW
Rnndoii Em-iiihmI tho Oeuernl Rail
Weather of tho County
Tho Ilandon Recorder hns tho fol-,
lowing to sny of tho woathor tlioro:
"Ilnndon Ib tho only section of Coon
County without biiow this wook. Tho
Biiow lino bcgliiB with Parkoraburg
and Hoar Crook and gota dcopor to
wards Coqiilllo and Myrtlo Point. Roy
Rosollo returned from Marsbflold
icstorday und stntcd that biiow was
even dcopor at Coos nny thaif nt Co
qiilllo. Snow Ib nppnront on Capo
ninuco to tho South or us. Ilnudon
If least favored, Is nt nil oventa, least
alfllctcd.
fiOES TO PENlTICNTIARY
E. S. Zuorn, who plondod guilty In
tho United Stntos court nt San Frnn-'
Cisco to using mulls to defraud, was
I.ntni lin , . Hnntnniml ...... 1..
mot advoFBltlos and lost . lila pronortv . ' S im ,0K8 n I0W UnyB ro": , OB" w"on"
and movod to Arizona whoro ho died tl,Ht' u,nt ho " "eon cnrrlod homo f") ,),'ion uor wns arrested on
A. J. Shorwood or Coqulllo Is nt-,'"(l that Mrs. Mltcholl thought both 1ror"mt' furnlshod by tho Coos
torncy for S. C. Rogoia, Ills father 'his logs woro broken. ,,a' Crenmory nnd tho Ilnndon 1
III hlW, (Hid StOll & Iloillln rnnnsnnM .. ... . .. f'rnnmnrv rrl.,.an n
tho Wobator heirs. " nccoui ' '"o mensngo , " '"-DU ,,,,,,H wuro among
milling nun Dotn tno dotoctivost; tn iubi muuoy inrougli
"props" imd been broken that tho ' "l or" H opouoiib.
enso or Trondgold vorsus Mltcholl
rrom tills
fthoy wax rat on tho rood thrown out
for tho thrushes and tho robins. Not
1r years have they had so much to
eat and they Boom to know that tho
occasion Is a spoclal ono and may
not coino ngaln soon for they nro
making tho best or It.
iPLff IN THE VALLEY
DASKET RAH, TEAMS OF COOS
RAY LEAVE THIS MOHNINO
Llbby Coal, $5.00 ton. Phono 72.
Coos Bay Stationery Co.
DUnco Riilldlng
Front Street
JUST IN A largo hhlpnient MARCUS WARD'S ULSTER LiViav
CORRESPONDENCE PAPER in pound packages, for 5 cents per
pound of HI hheets.
Coos Bay Stationery Co.
IIImuco Hotel Riiildlug Mai-shfleld, Noith Fiont Street
BOTTLE HOLDS TROUBLE
INTO THE NEW YEAR
Marshflold To Shoot Ibisketi in Co
Mitllo mid North IJi-iiil ut Myr
tle Point Tonight
Raskot shootors of Marsbflold
nnd North Rend vlo this evening with
teams of tho Coqulllo Vnlloy, the for
mer playing nt Coqulllo nnd tho Int
toi with Myrtlo Point. Tho tennis
left on tho lato morning train,
Theso games will bo tho second in
tho series for tho baskot ball cham
pionship among tho high schools or
tho county.
The team from MaishHold Is com
posed of Wattors and Rurrows, for
wards; Seaman, conter, and McDon
ald and Chapman, guards. Coach
Nllos and Prof. Crannls accompanied
the team,
From North Rond thero went tho
toam, Holmes, Haves, Russell, Meudo
nlor and Hoolllng. Supt. Coo ac
companied the boB. They play to
night In Myrtlo Point and tomorrow
evening In Rnndoii.
C111I Hiinson Says That 11)15 Flask is
Cause of CJriof and Judge
levies $5 Fino
It was a 1915 bottle that caused
Carl Hanson, an employee of tho Bay
City mill to como to griof. Ho said
that ho had laid in the supply as tho
old year came to a close and, yestor
dny tho mill having heon closed down,
ho proceoded to sample tho contents.
In tho evening ho enmo to Marsbflold
and was arrested on a drunk charge.
mis Is a moro serious ofronso
than formerly, now that tho people
of tho stato havo seon fit to pass tho
prohibition law," declared City At
torney Drand. Judgo Butler aKlxed
a fino of $5.
FlfJoId sails from Rauilon for San
I'lanclsco, 81111 Pedro itud San Diego,
Siitiuilay noen. Tickets nt Abstract!
offlco and McCullom AS Painter.
North Rend. ;
ADD STATE NEWS
PENDLETON la having tho cold
est woather on rocord, tho tompor
aturo of 22 degrees helow zoro being
the lowest ever registered thero ac
cording to tho offlcinl weather re
ports, nnd it is a protracted cold
spell,
Diuico Sumner Saturday evening.
Alice H 1 mis from Con River nnd
Siiutiso fioin MnrMifiolil.
You Can't Afford
To Wear Poor Clothes
When our now Suits aro being
sold so cheap. Protection of jour
health and tho necessity of appear,
lug uoll-dresseil should compel you
to take advantage of our Clearing
Sale. Tho suits nro all this year's
stjles. Jiibt notice our window
Mlien you pass, or better still, como
in iinil inspect tho clothes ami try
11 suit 011.
-5 Per Cent Reduction in Prices
$18.50 Suits now $14.85
$12.50 Suits now $9.40
This Is an opportunity to save
that you should not miss. Those
rlces aro for cash only.
Bunker Hill
Dep't Store
W. H. Dmdinger & Co.
Phone 32
gS5. -
Children's Goats
at
Reduced Prices
$3.50 Coats . . . Now $2.93
$4.25 Coats ..... Now $3.25
$4.85 Coats .... Now $3.95
$5.75 Coats
Now $4.45
$775 Coats .
Now $5.25
The Golden Rule
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG
ALWAYS BUSY.
MARSHFIELD
High Quality Groceries
Our own prompt and particular delivery service Ef
ficient clerks being out of the high rent district and
keeping our prices as low as consistent with good busi
ness makes
Conner & Hoagknd
The Leading Grocers Dealers in Good Groceries
797 South Broadway. Phones 348-J and 326
Puget Sound Bridge &
Dredging Co.
Dams, Bridges, Buildings. General Construction
CON.LETE PLANTS FOR HARBOR WORK
Our Coos Bay office has available for Oregon Coast
work the
Dredge "Seattle"
Ifco most powerful, best equipped unil most thoroughly raoder
twonty-incli liydrnr.Uo (lrodj(e lc Pacific wator
Coos Bay office,
Marshfield, Oregon.
Main office,
Seattle. Washington.
, PARCEL POST YOUR LAUNDRY
We Pay Return Charges.. Prompt and' Efficient Service
COOS BAY STEAM LAUNDRY
IJ. S. Zuern 'lio Cheated Croninorlcs i
Ih .Sentenced J
t.m W1 '
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Here's a Good Salesman
People passing cannot help but see your show win
dowsmake them so attractive that they will stop. No
clerk, however efficient, can work as does a well-ilium
inated window. It saes everybody on the streets It
mates sales at a lower cost and never tires of working.
Electric Light
will help'you display your goods so as to do this. The
latest Mazda C type of lamp is even more efficient than
anything heretofore offered. It will allow you to illum
inate your windows brighter than ever before at no
greater cost. We will be very glad to advise you regard
ing any kind of illumination, this service is offered
without obligation.
Oregon Power Co.
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