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THE CfflOS gAY TIMES, MARSHFIELP, OREGON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, IQIGEVENINEDITION
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w. and Hhrs. JuMns LaWson were
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airriedl Fifty Years Ago Today
.1 I'M US IiAltHON
PACTS AUOl'T MKK OK
Mlt AXI .MHH. laiWOX
Mr. and Urn. JuIIuh Larson, plo
neors of Coon county, Jmvo been mar
ried CO years today. Tlio formal
celebration of tliolr Golden Wedding
will tako placo Saturday night when
(in entertainment will bo given at
tlio Moobo ball in tlilH city. All of
the cblldron ana grand children wilt
bo proHont, ub well aB quite a num
ber of tlio old timo frlendH of the
couple, to tako part In the obuorv
uttou of tlio event.
Mr. ltrson and IiIh wlfo havo lived
imictlcally nil of tbolr murrlod life
oh Cooa Hay. Thoy bavo eight
children, nil of whom any living and
married, and six grandchildren. Thoy
will nil bo iiroHont at the (loldeu
Wedding celobratlon and aro now In
tlio city.
Klght Children
' Tlio following are tho children in
tlio order at their ages:
Mrs. Jonnlo C. ItasmusBon, widow
"of NoIb HaBiiiiiHHon of MurHliflohl.
Herman Larson of Coiiullo.
MrH. Lizzie Llghtncr. wifo of Cant.
Clyde Llghtncr in charge of n gov
eminent boat ut Han FrnnclBco.
MrH. l'houbo Noiibnor, wlfo of
(leorgo Doubnor, of llorholoy, Califor
nia. MrH. Julia Utinter, wlfo of Harry
lluntor, of Portland.
Mru. Lena ltogoru, wlfo of Anuou
O, Hogcrn, of Cooh rlvor.
Fred Larson, of .Marnhflcld. ,
Mrs. Lottie- Kennedy, wife of Wll-
Hh II. Konmidy of Marnhflold.
Tho nix graudchlldron uro au fol
io wh:
Cordon ItiiHniiissoi), of Marshfiold;
OIIh I), and Mario HogerH; Lucllo
Hunter, Kvolyn Kennedy, JuIIuh
Duubnor.
Mru. Larson Iiiib u Hlfltcr who IIvoh
in Norway and Mr. Larriou a brothor
'lit California who for forty-six yearn
Ihih boon with tho Callforiilu TrniiH
portutlon Company operating boatH
on tlm Sacramento river.
Itonini liable Couplo
Mr. and Mrs. Larson aro remark
nlilo poraoiiH. Mr. I .anion 1h past 73
youru of ago and Mrs. Larson lu five
yearn younger, but one not acquaint
d with their ago could Hcnrcoly be
lluvo that either wa that old.
They pioneered In Oregon, raised a
largo family and lived lo hco nil of
their childrou grown ami settled lu
life, )mu had no deaths lu (ho im
mediate family and have onjoyoil ex
cellent health and havo prospered. '
Aro Yl'hero They Megan
Mr. Larson has en rod for himself
plnco bo wuh 13 yoars old when ho
went to sea. Ho became one of the
earlier Bottlers of Coos Hay, was n
Hiiccessful farmer, accumulated a
largo amount of land, saw the mem
bers of his family grow up and now
Julius Larson was bom at
Ilorgan, Norway, Oct. 24,
1 S 1 2 .
Mrs. Larson was horn flvo
years later ut thd same placo
Couple married .Fob. 1,
18GG, ut Hergon.
Lived on Coos Hay sinco
1807.
Mr. LaiBon wnB wreaked
on brig Energy In Coos Hay
In tho winter or 1862-3.
Took tip preemption claim
on Larson inlet In 18C8.
Couple havo eight cblldron
grown and mnrrlod and six
grand children.
Mr. Larson Is tho most eld
erly member of Elkn lodgo In
Oregon.
When 13 years old Mr.
Larson wont to aca and trav
eled all over tho world.
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IHIPPING MEWS
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Huh llcen fiolio Seven Months On
Charter to Southern Sous Will
Ttcsiinio Kegiihiv .Schedule
For tho first time In almost seven
ninths tho stoumsblp Nairn' Smith,
'Captain Will Mageo, tooted in the
tipptr bay and swept In along sldo of
tho Smith Terminal dock at noon to
day. Back has sho come from a
journoy Into South American l,ortVcl,paclv
Ot.-Wos Good Passenger List With
Most of C'uIiIiin Full To llflHK
IttiMc .Much Freight
SOMU XUTS
1 1 Kdltor F. P. Nutting, of tho Al
Jibuiiy Democrat prints the following:
,'j Misfits doesn't mlid Jokes about
other people; but when It conies to
his own name, that's some dlfferonco.
Hero Is the outburst of an eastern
funny man:
Yes, V. N. Nutt has boon ro-clect-o.
president of tho National Nut
Growers' Association. Added to this
,tho Mt. Pleasant (la.) Freo Pross
says that Miss lluzel Nutt has accept
ed a position at the Iowa State Hos-
Heforo daylight this morning tho
Bteamshlp F. A. .Kilburn, Captain
McLollan, loft for tho Smlth-Tornii-iral
dock bound for Portland, cross
ing out about 7:10 a. m. for Port
Iqiid. Aboard wa9 a good passenger list,
"most of tho cabins being full to their .
Dllnl. Then, Miss Hazel v7"
a Btudont at NorthVe8tPf q!1l
Chicago, and Mrs. T.ln "Bl,
Nutty of Manmroneck v v 1
her name to X'nitn.. .. . g i
crackers I ming 1
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ary 0. 1010, at 10 o&i
rrnna nm neitinttii.. -
presont ns
win como up
especially ureM
business M
GEO.
hovlng been away on a bIx month's rJQ 'fouowing passengers loft Coos
Dozens or people nueu uio,-. ,, . Elliott. Kenneth Kit-
tllO ... i.l t.t llllnlt l IX tfllll
lUli. VIIUIICS r... Ulliukki .M. l-J, mi...
ho and Mrs. Larson after having had
a largo family aro whoro they start
ed and In their new homo on Larson
Inlet, which Is n handsome but much
Binnllor house than thoy formorly oc
cupied, nre continuing na they began.
Their housohold consists of only tho
two, tho eight children having an
married and established their own
homes.
Divide Their Timo
A happy foaturo however for Mr.
tind Mrs. Larson la the fact that most
of their children rcsldo in this com
munity. Tho farm on Larson Inlet
Is the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Larson
but for tho past fourteen years thoy
bavo maintained apartments on
Front street whoro they stop when
thoy como to tho city. They spent
their timo In town and on tho ranch
nH tliolr plcaauro bids.
llotlt Horn In Norway
Mr. Larson was born October 24,
184 2, ut Hergon, Norway nntl his
wife Is a native of tho samo city and
was bom there flvo yoars later than
Iter husband. They wore married nt
Hergon, Feb. I, 18CC, JtiBt fifty ycam
ago today. When thirteen years of
ago Mr. Larson ubh boy found It noc
.'st)ury to make his own living and
ho went to sea. That was tho most
natural vocation to bo followed by n
boy on tho coast of Norway.
Traveled Ovur tho World
Ho was olovon months away on his
rirst voyngo and ho rccelvod tlio sum
of $1 a month pay nn cabin boy.
Ho wan on other sailing vessels and
experienced many hardships which
nttonded son life lu thoso times but
he bad tho opportunity early In llfo
to see much of tho world. Ho visit
ed many of tho principal seaports of
tho world, waa lu Fast India and
JlltS. JULIUS IjAHSO.V
He picked out his place as tho best
location on tho waterway and IiIb suc
cess with tho ranch proved that his
Judgment was good. Twice Mr. anil
Mrs. Larson woro burned out and
their resldenco destroyed. When the
children woro nt homo tho family
was largo and a ton-room house was
built and occupied. Tills houso and
the buildings and most of tho farm
Ib now rented and Mr. and Mtb. Lar
son, at another point on tho placo
built n now six room modern bunga
low and barns and accompanying
buildings. Mr. Larson rcntod the
main placo so as to bo freo of the
cares of dairying and tho largo house
was no longer neoded as tho child
ren had grown and married.
chartor.
dock to welcome the return of
well known C. A. Smith carrier.
: Its the samo crew aboard that left
'hero In July. All of them declare
that thoy have had a great trip, but
add thoy aro glad to bo back again.
Mrs. Will Mageo and children
boarded the vessol at North Hend and
como up to Marshfiold. On tho last
trip of tho steamship from Chile,
South America, they met the Nann
In San Pedro and stayed nboard until
the return to San Francisco from
Pugot Sound. This was two months
or more ago.
11 nil No Mishaps
Cnpt. Mageo declares thero has
not been a mishap on tho entlro voy
ngo. Tho trip from San Pedro to
tlio Bouthorn wnters generally took
about 20 days In good weather.
The porta "mndo" In Chllo woro
Coqulmbo, Huusco, Channrul and
Vnlparlso. None of tho first throe,
by tho way, aro pronounced tho way
they aro spelled. Somcono suggest-
Mrs. Hull, W. E. Orr, J. Longstnff, (
A P. Williams, Mrs. Williams, Ml38
M. Hurnett, Mrs. W. J. Elrod, Mrs.)
K. E. Ognmborlttln nd child, A. K.
Arkloy. Mrs Arkley and child, Nell
"HolmeB, Miss K. Wurdcll, J. H. Sront .
C. Mallory, A. A. Hale, A. Mntson, '
II. B. Donahoy, E. Doran, Norn
Stnrns, Mrs. F. M. Wnsson, J. K. Lo
gan, Mrs. Logan, Julius Tohl, W. D.
Fostor, J. II, Clyde, Mrs. Clyde, Joso
phlno Clyde, Lester Clyde, Marlon '
Clyde, D. E. Wood, Mrs. 13. J. Ed-1
sionds, Miss Edmonds, S. C. Shank-,
llu nntl MIsb Mnbol King.
K- &
HHM&flKaLL J, jl m 4fl
Watch
This
Paper
Tomorrow!
Tl icd turning thoni nbout, end for end.
I n ml if (tit t lwi ittfiiiinlii (Inn flint
couple now hnvo tbolr cozy homo and I ' b
divide tliolr timo between thoro nnd i wn' ,.
iiuiK ores, niOHiiy oi copper, woro
Marshfiold aB the fancy strikes them.
In tho early days of ranching
thero was no market locally for pro
ducts. Mr. Liirson would ralso 3,
000 and 4,000 sacks of potatoes. All
tho ranchers rntscd potatoes then to
gether with hay and Uicso wore ship
ped to Sun Francisco and proved to
bo n profitable crop.
Saw Mai'hhricld Orow
Mnrshfleld wuh Bcarcely a sottlo
meht when Mr. Larson first cnmo.
Ho says that Capt. Hamtltou lived
In hero and kept a sort of stopping
plnco. Tho old Gow Why grocory
building wuh standing nt that timo
but water, canio up to tho mud flats
where the Hlauco hotel now stands
mid thero wiib no boat landing In
Marshfiold.
From a sottlomont of a fow build
ings Mr. and Mrs. Lnrsou havo seen
the presont city of Mnrshfleld and
other communities of Coos Hay grow.
Thoy wero ioal pioneers, coming ns
thoy did when but little had been
ilono to tlovelop tho natural resourc
es. Thoy lived their llfo hero and
mnde tliolr successes on Coos Hay.
takon nboard In Chile. About four
days waa necessary to put nboard a
full cargo as everything is .carried
out from tho shoro to tho ships lu
lighters, rowed by natives-who 'hold
long swoops. Tho open coast lino
docs not permit the landing of ves
sels along side of wharves.
.Made Two Trips
Twlco tho Nairn Smith mndo tne
trip from tho south to Puget Sound
with oro cargoes, returning there,
with general merchandise and ma
chinery. 1 Tho Nnun Smith hereafter will bo
on hor old schcdulo between Coos
Day nntl San Francisco. This timo
sho Ib to havo hor bollors cleaned out
and will not leave hero for tho south
until Wednesday. She will then
carry passengers and lunibor.
twlco wont around tho world, and Thoy havo lived hero longorUB a mar
Mr. Larson says now that tlio oxpor- rlod couple than nnyono olso In tho
Ic-uco of tho travel was of great bono
fit to him in after llfo.
Shlpwrt'ckiMl At Coos liny
Tho fact that Mr. Larson locntod
on Coos Hay was something of nn ac
cident as ho wiib shipwrecked hero.
Ho was on tho brig Energy which
community.
Hnvo (innil Fortuno
No couplo Is hold in higher res
pect or osteom by tbolr frlonds or
stand bottor In tho community, and
1. Is probable that It would be hard
to find In tho ontlro slate a counlo
TITLE IS VALID
was bound horo from San Francisco. ns young for tbolr ago as Mr. and
for coal. Tho vessol after sailing in
ovor tho bar stuck lu low wnter at
Kocky Point. Tho crow had no dlf-
Mrs. Larson.
It Is rare ever to find
who havo lived together
n couple
for fifty
fkulty lu going nslioro nt low tide, j years In one community, who hnvo
Mr. Larson wont to North Hend and i raised all of tbolr eight cblldron suc
worked In tho mill thoro for a u-hllolmsfiilly, hnvo attained wordly
mid then worked for John Hewlett in wealth and who havo nt an advanced
Abstract foi Itndio Station In I'iinsisI
Upon Uy the ( Jo v eminent
After thorough scrutiny for sovoral
months, much writing back and
forth and much traveling of papers,
tho deed to tho government radio
alto In Reynold's Addition has been
doclarod valid. It has passed tho
add test of tho Attorney Oonornl's
offlco, according to word recoivod
hero today from Lloutennnt E. II.
l)odd, suporlntendout of rndlo on tho
Pacific. "The consummation of tho
'transfer of tho laud can bo mndo now
without further preliminaries,"
writes tho nontenant. Nothing Is
said in his lottor about tho timo con
struction of tho station will bo
Btarted.
m ci
I FREE I
H One Tooth Hrush llracket H
worth 2r.e with each 2.K- H
H package of H
I Tootb Paste 1
H Wo guarantee this Tooth H
H Pusto to bo par excellciuo Ml
H and a Hcteutlflc preji.t-.i B
H tlon 'for whitening, clans. V
H lug and purifying the txvth I
H having deoldedly refresh- H;
H lug after effects, Hi
H The .Storo for Quality Hi
H Clieiutcals HI
I Brown Drug Co. I
71 Market Ave. I
tho lattor's slilp yard at North Hend.
.Man-led in Norway
It was in the winter of 1SG2-G3
that Mr. Larson first cumo to Coos
Hay when the vessol of which ho
was one of tho crow wiib wrocKert.
ho decided to go back to Norway to
j visit his mother whom ho hud not
i seen for houio years. Ho left hero
in tSUCi with tho Intention of return
ing and It was while ho wuh lu Nor
way on u visit that he was married.
With his wlfo ho leturned to Ameri
ca lu 1807. Tho couplo first land
ed at San Francisco und then came
to Coos Hay.
Owns Largo Itaucli
In 1SC.S Mr. Larson took up n
pieomptton claim of 1G0 acres on
what Is known as Larson Inlet which
la. ono of tho branches of lluynes In
let and which was named for Mr,
Larson. This Is tho ranch which ho
wt til owns hut has been greatly en
larged. From timo to timo more
laud wus added until tho place now
consists of about 1,000 acres, Includ
ing bottom laud ami hill range laud.
Some of tho land is timbered, For
ninny years Mr. Larson raised pota
toes and bay on tho ranch. These
wero tho only crops for which thero
was a market. Potatoes and hay
wire both shipped from hero to Cal
ifornia ami woro tho most lucrotlvo
crops at that timo.
When a croamery was started on
1 Coos Un a market was opened for
the dairy business and Mr. Larson
took up dairying. Tho ranch main
tains a hord of fifty hoad or cuttle.
Flrht White Family
I Mr Iiison und his wife made up
the first whlio family on (ho Inlet.
ago In llfo presorved good health
which would bo onvled by many who
aro twenty yoars younger. r
Pioinliient As KIk
' Mr. l.nrson enjoys tho distinction
of being tho most elderly moinbor i.
uio wruer oi isikb in mo stuto o
uregon. Ho Is n member of tho
.Marshfiold lodgo.
Mr. and Mrs. Iirson nro bolng con
gratulated by tliolr many friends on
their good fortune lu roachlug tliolr
Ooldon Wedding nnnlversary undor
lircuinstauces which may bo said to
be Ideal.
Mr. Larson attributes tho present
good health of himself nnd his wife
to tho ract that thoy havo worked
hard, have alwajs lived well, and, by
no moans the least cause, havo al-1
ways boon good humored.
NOTICE.
Tho monthly mooting of tho
Marshfiold Chamber of Commerco
will he bold Friday ovoulng, Feb
ruary 4th. at 8 o'clock.
JOHN W. MOTLEY, Soc'y.
VESSEL MOVE.M ENTS
this
Arrived
Nann Smith, San Francisco,
morning.
A. M. Simpson, San Pedro, 9 a. m.
Duo To Sail
Hustler, Hoguo Hlvor, tomorrow.
Hardy, San Francisco, tomorrow
a m.
Sugar
t WATERFRONT NEWS
J
Tho Bteamshlp Nann Smith, Cap
tain Will Magoo, arrlvod In early
this morning from San Francisco, af
ter a long absence. Tho vessel will
not sail again until next Wednesday.
About nluu o'clock this morning
tho steam schooner A. M. Simpson
ai rived In from Sail Pedro.
Tomorrow Bomotlme tho steam
schooner Hardy will sail 'for Sail
Francisco.
LAYS 11IO Ed'CSS
Two nnd Three Yolks Foul lu
Some.
Tho following story Is told in tho
Entorpriso: Tho barn yard flock
of chlckous of Henry V. Flshor,
dairyman who operates tho Lowls
Strong ranch on the South Fork,
has among Its number no hen
that lays exceptionally largo eggs
tho slnglo yolked ones nro largo
and then thero nro occasional ones
that havo two yolks, whllo one day
recontly when one of tho Misses
Fisher' was baking n cake alio tils-,
covered nn egg that find thrco
yolks In tho one shell, Tho hen'
doos not lay an ogg ovory dny, and
tho fent that sho performs Is so
very much out of tho ordinary und
not to any advantage to tho small
poultry business, that Mrs. Flshor
has stipulated that sho will not fol
low tho advlco often glvon against
killing tho gooso that lays tho gold-,
on ogg, but that If sho can slnglo
Does it make any difference to you whether yoJ
r juoq is Kepi aosoimeiy ciean ana sannary
1 We think it does.
For some time we have noticed that sutiar hasbi
rather carelessly packed and handled. It is shipped in
100-lb sacks, tossed about in warehouses and on docks
regardless of cleanliness and around where it has no
protection from mice, rats, cats and other animals. Th
sacks did not protect against the absoption of impurities,
The sugar was discolored and often lumpy and stained
! Our Sugar is Pure White
i get our Niigar shipped in bnmti,
of the iiioM Naiiitary leflncrlcs In tfJ
paper lined and put up by one
most sanitary way.
It. Is fiec from Impurities nntl is as wlilto on tho diiu'ii mioit.
It costs us a llttlo umro than tho ordinary sugar but wo lime cl
ranged to i-ctnll it ut tho samo prlco that you pay for tho oillnujl
mi gar that is not. safegiini ded In a sanitary way.
lust notice your uot pinch a so of sugar from us and sco licit I
much cleaner nnd ulcer it is. Como in nnd wo will bhoir jm
why. ,
This is ouo of the many steps wo hnvo taken to guarantee urit)
in our foods.
jWSTJTSiITMiBtru
tilJBit'.'i'ii,mj iJIiC V
Ollivant & Nasbum
Tho flood Housekeeping Store
HO.MK of rum: foods
Second and Commercial, MnrthfleM
Two Telephones, 199 and 171
Kmi n ii'iVJ
YOU WANT GOOD MEAfl
That's tho kind ou get when joii trado nt tho Union Market
Our lino of fresh meat Is complete Woliuvosomocholcobwfito
mid you ought to try our breakfast steaks If you want a reall;o
llcloiis cut.
Kvcrjbody who tries our homo-smoked fiauiH nnd baron, kwp
oiderlng them. llettcr enjoy some yourself.
PIIOXH US YOUU OltDKK
the nx.
J. E. Ford (8b Co. V Y II LJ
'tf;LSo.&!B'way union marnw
Low Cost High Efficiency
COOS BAY TIMES WANT ADS
Have your IJETTEU heads, hill
heads, etc., printed at THE TIMES
office. j
4.49
S'lNI.1tl)..(i
iitoci:i
Til 11
SKty per cunt of tho goods
Bold lu grocery Moios today
aio t ratio-murk ed articles.
In sonio of tho larger cities
storcB aro springing up that
deal in "packaged goods"
exclusively,
And tho packaged goods
most popular with tho gro
cers' customers aro thoso
that aro newspaper udvertls
ed. It Is natural that tho doal
or should favor these news
paper advertised brands,
for thoy are the broad and
butter or bis business.
Tho public wants them.
Thoy havo tho reQUislto
quality and thoy. make friends
tor ins store.
h$ VV' IP?
' iiiirv:-jrT'.-Jir?wri-jriF-r-': wmiinini i ,
Puget Sound Bridge &
Dredging Co.
Dams, Bridges, Buildings. General Construction
CQNLETE PLANTS FOR HARBOR WORK
Our Coos Bav offinfi has nvnilnhlfi for Oreoon COIH
work the
Dredge "Seattle"
mi
tko most powerful, best equipped Mid most thoroughly
twenty-imch hydraulic dredge In Paclfio water
Hnnfi Rnu nWr.n Main office.
Marshfield, Oregon. Seattle, Washington.
GRAVEL1
ntlt
We aro now nrenarod to furnish GRAVEL In any lu
from pilo In our yard or in carload lots, at following prlc!
From pile on ground, J2.V6 per yard.
Oanoad lots, taken from cars,
Retail Department.
C. A. Smith Lumber & Mfg. C?
12.00
per l"1
Opposite PosM)moe.
pboa
lit-
OCEAN BEACH AUTO LINE
Gorst & King. . . ,
initio .narsmieiu at 7 a. in., ana returning leaving ru -mana
o ... t ....... . , ..... i-,. ive tw
a m, hi. jwavo Aiursiiiieiti at xi n.m. nna reiurui ,
Blmich at 1 tl. m. Tavn lMarslifif-1.1 nt 5 n. ni. and retor!
Icuvo South Slouch at O p, in.
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