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THE COOS BAY TIMES. MARSHFIELD, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1916. EVENING EDITION.
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FINAL CLEAN-UP
Ladies' Suits, Coats, Dresses
Ladies', Children's and Boys' Shoes
.Ladles' Suits now JUST HALF PRICE
Ladles' Coats Now NEARLY HALF PRICE
Indies' Dresses HALF" nnd LESS THAN HALF P1UCE
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AH Broken, Lines Ladies' Shoes
Go As Follows;
Regular. $1.50, now $2.05
Regular $ I.OO, now $2.75
1! Regular '$!1.00, now', v . .'. .'. .'.... i'v . .V. . . 91.05
All Shoes for Boys , Girls nnd Children go nt a straight dis
count of 20 percent from (Ho regular price, llroken linos of
.Girl's nnd Children's Shoes nt still greater reductions.
Hub Dry Goods Gompany
"SMART WEAR llt WOMEN"
Comer Broadway nnd Central Avcnuo,
riiono :toi.
HIPPING MEWS
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QUIT
SHIP WtATHER IS W
SEAMEN IX MIRXIGHT ALTER
CATION DEMAND PAY
FACE HARDSHIPS NEED LOW TAXES
MAIL CONTRACTORS FIGHT WAY
- through STORMS
In Ono Trip From Mjriilo Point to
Rtisoburg Find 00 Trocs In-
1 ' ,fc Hdud'i
Carriers of mall botweon Myrtlo
Point and Rosoburg In tho past
month liavo faced hardships In'
ovory-.way similar to thoso of tho
wild -countries In tho far north.
Postal authorities agree, that tho
carriers lravo dono everything flos-Btblq-
to- got the mall through both
w,nys on schpdulo tlmo and, whon
they lmvp failed, It has not at all
bocn'bocauso thoy had npt tried.
Tho postmaster nt Rosoburg re
ported very recently that on one
trip frpm Myrtlo Point tho carriers
Jiad, chopped no less than CO trees
out .of tho road, that thoy might
get by and, oven at. this, they woro
traveling on horsobnek.
, Snow in tho canyons has boon
,doop, somottmes between flvo and
1.0 foot in depth, whtlo tho wot snow
In tho trees has ovorwolghcd big
trees so that thoy havo fallan,
crashing down tho mountalnsldos
tq block tho roadways.
Theso aro samples of what tho
carriers of tho mall hnvo had to
contend with. It Is said tho worst
weather, howovor, was experienced
between January G and 11 whon
thoro woro sovoral times that tho
mall failed to get through from
Coos Day under a day behind schod-ulo.
A. E. ARELSPEHGER SAYS EAST
KHX INVESTORS DEMAND IT
Otiicrwlno Look Elsowhcro for I'lnco
To Invest Money Now Being
' - Made 'in Factory Hushes
"What Is your rato of taxes?" Is
Invnrlbly tho first question asked
by posslblo tlmbor Investors In tho
east boforo considering tho buylnu
of western tlmbor lands, apcordlnglcr 1!nnu' Ba,d u wns not moro than
Did Not Llko Golden Gate, Claim
' nf Nnllnrti Dettintiil fill" I'nV
Is Refused
Claiming 'that they had shipped
aboard the steamer Golden Gato
in Portland without signing con
trncts and therefore could go'aslioro
whereVcr thoy pleased and demand
their wages two sailors shortly be
foro midnight put their "dufflo"
bags ncrosH their Bhouldcrs and
walked .ashore at tho Smith Termi
nal dock. Captain Jones refused
to pay tho men tho demand of $45
a month.
Attorney Ackorman was called
out of bed by tho Bailors, but tho
skipper stood firm.
'Ere dawn this morning tho ves
sel wns steaming down tho bay,
bound out for San Frnncisco. Tho
two sailors, Paul Dackmnn and
Bert Hortzon, wcro not aboard, nor
did thoy jlnglo any of tho Golden
Gato's "Iron men" In the'r pockets.
Will Tnkc Action
This morning Mr. Ackorman stat
ed steps will bo taken to havo tho
vessel held up in San Francisco
until tho men aro paid. Ho said
tho mon had been engaged aboard
the vossol and no contract was sign
ed nnd that thoy had worked 29
days, did not llko tho ship and so
canio ashoro hero domandlng their
pay. It was claimed tho prevailing
wages for seamen out of Portland
nt tho tlmo thoy shipped was $4G
a month. Capt. Jones on tho oth-
CAPT. OLSON SAYS SAX Fit IN
, CISCO CONDITIONS WORSE
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ADVERTISED LETTERS
List of advortlsod loiters re
maining In tho Marshfiold, Oregon
Post Offlco, for tho wcok ending
January 25th, 1916. Persons call
ing for tho samo will plcaso say ad
vortlsod nnd pay ono cent for oach
letter called for.
Mrs. Albort Anderson, Harvey
Ponntson, Mrs. Mao Clark, Clnrenco
to A. E. Adolsporger who returned
this week from n business trip
through tho middle west.
High taxes is tho quickest moth'
od of driving thorn nwny, ho said.
Tho edgo of tho Investment Is taken
off property, hold for sovoral years,
that must oach year havo pnld on
It a Idgh rato of taxes.
Finds Itiislncss Good
Not In years has thoro boon such
busy business In tho enst, nays Mr.
Adolsporgor. Factories nro running
full tlmo and paying good wages.
This winter thoro la no quostion ot
tho unemployed.
"In somo cities whoro beforo tho
authorities would havo 3,000 and
5,000 pooplo out of JobB through
tho winter to care fbr, thoy now
haven't nny. Thoy nro nil nt work,"
ho Bald.
Monoy Is Plenty
Thin null of bun In ess Is creating
profits. Tho capitalists find tho
monoy flooding In on thorn nt such
n rato that thoy now nro having no
chanco to Invest It. With tho rush
cooled down n bit, thon thoy will
look nbout for securities nnd prop
orty. Enstop, Poto Ekanon, Roy Jonos,
Mrs, Emma JosopliHon, Mrs. Mary
Lnsky, Mrs. J. Llndobcck, John
Llmlcbcck, Roy Mooro, Miss Lydta
Norman, C. A. O'llrlon, Axol Rob
muson, Johnnlo Smith, Mrs. N. H.
Senvor, MIbs Clara Wright.
HUGH M'LAIN, P. M.
Wo havo Just recohed from John Loo
Mexico
Clarke, Albuquerque, Now
. A Delayed Shioment of Guaranteed
. genuine
Navajo Indian Rugs
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HESE ucro Intended for tho Christmas nnd Holiday trade, but
arriving too lato wo havo placed them in our window at very
attractive prlcos.
This is an exceptional opportunity to socuro one of theso raro pro-
diictlons'ilt Hugi ut'eVnctly tho biuuo prices you Mould pay In
.in.. i i
Albuquerque ( (
It Hill pay you to make aAvly to (ho btqro, oven If you do not wish .
to buy, nsiho-exhibit nlouo is well "worth boclng, It 1 ono of tho
vft ,iu'i' v fr'" ." . , , :
largest collection of Geaaiao Navajo Indian Rugs over bhowu In '
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Coos County. . t . .
"We Sell It for Less"
Going & Harvey Co.
Complete House Furnishers
.(.. .. fc.." tj n.i'.n -.. not .-.! .).uHi
fcoHITT
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$35 nnd offered to mako this pay
mont.
Claim Not Cleared
Now tho attorney alleges that
tho craft failed to clear from Port
land or Astoria In tho propor naut
ical manner nnd that tho law sets
n heavy penalty for such n proceed
ing and that tho ship, tho captain
nnd Gcorgo Montcs, tho ownor, will
bo hold to atiBWor In San Fran
cisco. Doth of tho sailors nro Finns.
Horizon Is said to bo tho scion of
somo noblo family in Finland.
IS PROMOTED
WELL KNOWN MARSIIl-'IEMl
YOUNG MAN SUCCEEDS
Will Look After Local Land .Mat
ters of C. A. Smith Company
Excepting Tax Department
Carl L. Davis, n xvoll known
Marshfiold young man who hns
been connected with tho cru'nlr.g
and land dopartment of tha C. A.
Smith companies, has boon ap
pointed to succeed A. E. AdoU lar
ger. Mr. Davis will tako over tho
tlmbor and land department nnd
duties of Mr. Adolsporgor with tho
posslblo exception of tho tax de
partment. It Is a decided promo
tion for him which will bo gratify
ing to his many friends and Is a
recognition ot tho faithful und
offlclont boi'Ico ho has given tho
company htthertoi
Mr. Davis' fathor has long boon
associated with Mr. C. A. Smith,
first In Minnesota, lator on Coos
Hay nnd Is now. looking ntter tho
land nnd timber business of the
company in tho Lako Taboo re
gion In California.
Times want ads bring results.
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GYPSEY ROOT
1 Ruy"n shoo
all tho World
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DOROTHY DODD
NETTLETOX
REGAL
GORDONS
Shoe Store
"Shoes of Merit."
Cor, Central A v. and Broadway
Cold lining and Wind nnd Snow
Rlnnkct Covers. Northern GUI
, fornla Heavy Wind
,' Coos Bay . weather, despite the
snow and chill; Is fine In compar
ison with San Francisco weather
according to Capt. B. W. Olson
,of tho Adollno Smith who crossed
In nt 11:30 last night. When ho
first arrived off tho bar a heavy
snowstorm wns provalllng.
On tho last trip south, Capt.
Olson reported thoy encountered a
gato that blow 94 miles an hour
for V tlmo off "tho coast. It .Im
peded their progress but they mif
forod no damage. It wns from
tho Southwest nnd on his roturn,
ho encountered a stiff northwest
wind.
Capt.- Olson says tho weather nt
San Francisco has been miserable,
cold rains nnd winds making It
worso than It is here. South of
Capo Blanco thoro Is much snow,
tho coast being white down to tho
water lino.
Ufio Old Ships
As a result -of tho udvanco In
freight for lumber cargoes, ho
says all tho old hulks which have
boon tied up in Oakland Crook for
years havo been pulled out and put
Into service Somo of them woro
in such shape that thoy had to bo
towed back Into San Francisco loon
after thoy passod beyond tho uotd
on Gato. Ho says that tho frolidit
for ono trip nearly means tho value
ot a now ship and henco thoy aro
taking long chances.
Officials Coming ,
Capt. Olson stated that General
Manager Arno Moreen who ex
pected to como to tho Bay 4 his
trip was detained by business nnd
will now como noxt trip.
As to a report that Mr. Bloss
ot tho creditors' committee and
Mr. C. A. Smith coming to tho Hay
soon, Capt. OIboji wns not Informed.
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we close T AlVnfl sAIP Saturday Night
January 29 Lrfnd WU un.L4L January 29
Only 2 Days Left, Jan. 29
MEN'S
$5.00, $4.00
Oxfords
SHOES
80'
The Pair
MEN'S
$3.00, $2.50
Hats
50c
. Each
MEN'S
$25.00, $20.00
SUITS
OVERCOATS '
$1A00
10
LADIES'
COATS and
DRESSES
$100
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Each
An pc
$3.50, $3.00 l
Pumps and Ties
SHOES
25c
The Pair
ALL
Muslin Drawers, Skirts and
CORSET COVERS
$1.50, $1.35, $1,25
45
Each l
HUB CLOTHING AND SHOE CO., Purchasers
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t WATERFRONT NEWS t
Lost night aboiif. 11:30 o'clock
tho steamship Auollno arrived from
Oakland and today Is loading at
tho Smith mill again.
Tho steam schoonor Spoodwoll ar
rived In this morning from San
Francisco and Is loading lumber
and tics for tho roturn trip. Slio
will nlso go to San Dlogo, leaving
hero at ono p. m. on Saturday.
This afternoon tho stoamor Wost
onor loft down for San Pedro with a
load of lumber from tho C. A. Smith
mill.
From Portland tho steamship Kit
burn Is scodulcd to arrlvo tomorrow
morning.
BAND0N HAS SNOW
THE PEOPLE ENJOY
Matt L. May Tells of Unusual Sight
Finds Rusluess In tho Coqulllo
Valley Much Better
Matt L. May, who has Just return
ed from Bnndon says that city had a
flno snow night boforo last. Tho
ground wns covored with snow and
tho pooplo onjoyod It. Passongors ot
tho vessels in port nnd young and
old of tho city Joined In tho fun of
tnrowlng snow-balls. It Is unusual
to havo 11 snow fall at Bandon nnd tho
occasion was n novol ono to tho peo
ple Mr. May says that ho unfortu
natoly dl) not havo a camora on his
trip homo ns ho could havo secured
somo beautiful pictures of tho snow
in tho trees, Bandon escaped tho
first snow that foil In Marshfiold.
Mr. May roports that ho found busi
ness conditions much Improved on
this trip to tho Coqulllo valloy points.
SCHOOLS TO DERATE
Raudou Will ho in Mar.shfleld Next
Friday Night
A high school debato will bo hold
'at tho Marshfiold high school next
Friday night. Thoro will bo no adi'
mission and nny who wish are invit
ed to nttond. Tho Marshfiold home
team will debato tho Bandon team
ai)( tho Marshfiold travollng team
wlH, on tho samo night, go to Myrtlo
Tolnt to dobato with tho school of
thatplaco. Tho ovont is propilsod to
bo an interesting ono1 for thoso whp
aro. presont. i
The Coqulllo high Bchool team
will meet tho North Bend high
school team In North Bend Friday
night.
TICKET SALE OK
TWO SELLING COMMITTEES
VADE CITY TODAY
IX-
Expect to Dispose of !." Chamber of
Commerce Scats by Tonight
To Comb City
Tho salo ot 150 Chambor of Com
morco banquet tickets by tonight was
tho avowed nld of tho two committ
ees nt work today combing ovcry
section of tho business district. It
Is oxpectod that possibly 250 will nt
tond tho banquot Fcburnry 2 in tho
Englcs hall.
Tho city is divided Into two dis
tricts, East nnd West of Broadway.
Warning has boon glvon thnt men
crossing from ono sldo ot tho "dead
lino" to tho other to cscapo buying
n ticket will havo to pay for two of
them.
"No quarter" Is tho cry. John Ken
dall Bald this morning that two or
throo mon, escaping his talons, had
fled to tho hills and foarcd to roturn.
Lato today ho was still camping on
their trails.
J. Simpson who was uuablo to bo
present nt tho mooting. Mr. Simpson
proposod that thoro should bo n bjg
cclobrutlon nt North Bend on tho oc
casion of tho first train arriving on
railroad and tho first stop taken
at North Bond. Mr. Simpson suggest
ed that not only pooplo como from tho
surrounding country but that thoy
bo Invited from all over tho state'
Invited to Banquet
Tho suggestion of Mr. Simpson was
cudorsod by tho gathering.
Montgomery representing tho Marsh
field Chamber of Commorco InrliM
tho North Bond pooplo to attctndtli
(bi-nquot which will bo given In im,
city on February 2nd.
SURVEY IS maim;
FLORENCE, Ore, Jan. 27-Anr.i
ty of Southern Pacific engineers it-
dor tho direction of O, L. Zcnlnci'li
nt work Burveylng tho proposed routi
for u spur from Cuohman to hot-
vjiiv-u. uuuoii uiuuii win call lor Hull
J,- E. I grading and tho survey follows nut
tho county road.
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BANQUE
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I) I1USIXESS MUX (
IER LAST NIGHT
NORTH REXD I1USIXESS MUX GET
TOGETII
Dance,
Jan. SO,
Eagles' Hall, Sat.
Martin's Orchestra.
evo.,
, v u
See Jay Doylo for Tailoring nnd
Cleaning, Phono 250.
Libby Coal, f 5,00 ton.
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Phone 72.
Discuss Kinney Tav Matter, Fish
Hatchery and Celebration When
Tho First IVnln Arrives
About fifty men attended tho busi
ness mon'8 banquet held last night
at North Bond. Tho ladles of tho
Mothodlst church served tho suppor
nnd affairs of a public nature woro
discussed nftor tho ropast.
Georgo Hazor acted as tonstmnstor,
Tho Bottlomont of tho Klnnqy tax
matter was ono of tho chief topics.
Among tho North Bend mon jWlio
spoko on tho subject wore. N. C. Mc
Leod, Fred Holllstor, Potor Loggia,
Honry Korn and City Recorder May
boo, it was tho opinion of tho North
Bond speakers that somo compromise
of tho tax matter should bo mnde so
tho wholo affair would bo settled.
Gives Legal Side
District Attorney Llljoqvlst gave
tho lognl sldo ot the case Ho explain
ed that tho county court could not
settlo for any tuxes which woro not In
litigation and only thoso In litigation
now are tho taxes of 1U0C, '07 and
08.
Judgo Watson also spoko, Baying
that ho would llko to boo a sottlemont
but that tho county court would not
want to do anything which was not
legal and would not tako any stops
until tho legality was cortaln.
A resolution was passod to tho ef
fect that It was tho doslre of tho gath
ering and of all tho pooplo of North
Bend that tho county court should
mako a compromise .
' Wants, Lakes;lSupplled
Charles St. hoh'nls df Lakosldo pre
sented tho matter of roplontlshlng tho
fish In tho Ten MUo lakes. Ho said
that tho supply, wns running down
and thought a hatchory should bo es
tablished. Ho statfed that thoro is now
a private hatchery nt tho lakes and
that nrrangomonts could bo made
with this establishment to enlarge
'and furnish fry for tho lako supply.
Peter Loggio and Manager Smith of
tho Chambor of Commorco both spoko
along tho samo lino and urged tho Im
portance of maintaining the lakes as
a good fishing plnco. ,
Wants Celebration
A commuulcutlou was-road from L.
OCEAN BEACH AUTO LINE
Gorst & King.
Lento Mnrshflcld nt 7 a. in., nnd returning leaving from Kmplrfl it
H n. iil Lcavo Mnrshflnld nt 1 1 n.m. nnd returning lonvo So nth
Slough nt 1 p. m. Lcavo Marshfiold nt fi p. in. nnd rcturali
lenro South Slough nt fl p. in.
Puget Sound Bridge &
Dredging Co.
Dams, Bridges, Buildings. Gene: al Construction
COMPLETE PLANTS FOR HARBOR WORK
Our Coos Bay office has available for Oregon Coast
work the
Dredge "Seattle"
tko most powerful, belt equipped and most thoroughly mo&n
twenty-Inch hydraulic dredge la Pacific waters
Main office,
Coos Bay office,
Marshfield, Oregon.
Seattle, Washington.
For Sale
STOCK RANCH Xcar AllegJiiy, mostly bottom, good build
lugs, :i() head cattle, team, farming tools, flno orchard, do
llghtrul placo to live, rrlco S7S0O. Terms.
STOCK OR DAIRY RANCH Cloho In, 20 cows, team, good
buildings, orchards, tools, 000 acres, '05 qf which Is flnt
bottom. Price $10,000. Terms. '
DAIRY RAXCH Closo In, UOO acres, 175 is hotter, fine
buildings, team. Prlco $21,000. Terms.
DAIRY RAXCH R. R. depot on place, closo In, W0 acres,
half Is richest bottom, flno buildings, both rail and nter
transportation, -10 hoad stock, team. Price- $3:J,000. Splen
did tonus, with Interest nt flvo per cent,
FRUIT RAXCH Splendidly located, J O0O loganberry tlnM
In full bearing, flno orchard, flno buildings, 17 am, 9ur
COO. Terms.
DEVELOPED COAL MIXE On tldo water, flno coal and
lots of It, Prlco way down.
CHICKEX RAXCH Closo in, 10 noros, house Only ?80
CHICKEX RANCH 15 acres, closo in, $30 down n"
$15 n month. . .
FOR TRADE We hnvo North Rend property and rnnchw
In trull ft for Vnrlli Dnlrntn nrntinWv Pnmn 111. nild InVcS
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Ppmo hi., nnd
Wp havo.Oklahoihn property to trndo 'for Coo's Bay c"'
or ranch property, V '
CITY PROPERTY North, Rend or larslifleiii. We h
It it you nro looking for bargains nnd locations.
INSURANCE Wo carry n full lino of flro insurance
KOOS OREG'ON
DEVELOPMENT CO.
'PIONEER BLOCK
NORTH BEND, OREGON
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