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Revived Stories
Masonic.
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Indianapolis Star.
Wall street teems with anecdotes
of Russell Ssge. His thriftioess be
andon lodge . No. is«, I. o. o. f
meet« every Saturday evening. came a byword all over the country.
Visiting brothers in good standing cor
­
That
Mr. Sage was thrifty there can
dially invited.
J. L. STITT, N. G.
be no gainsaying. Wall street has
P hil . P x ambon , Sec.
an old joke about Mr. Sage to the ef­
Knights of Pythias
fect that banging framed in bis office
elphi lodge N o . 64, Knight« of
Pvthias. Meets every Monday even­ was the first dollar bill be ever made,
ing at Masonic bell. Visiting Knights in­
vited to attend.
J. H SHIELDS. C. C. which be cherished so much that h«
B N. H aminotow , K of R. 8.
would not part with it except on the
beet
collateral
Forestore of America.
QUEEN OF THE FOREST, No.
It need to be an event in the finan­
( >OUKT
J 17, meets Friday night of each week,
cial
district when word was passed
in Concrete Hall, Bandon. Oregon. A oor-
dial welcome is extended to all visiting
along that Mr. Sage bad bought a
brothers.
W D MARSHALL,
A. Rios,
Chief Ranger.
new piece of clothing. Some were
Fin. Secretary.
unkind enough to say that no such
Woodmen of the World.
report
could be true, as be bad never
easide camp No. 212, w o. w
meets in regular aessioo the first and been known to bny anything new. At
third Thursdays of each month in the Ma
■onio ball. Visiting members are oordially any rate, his personal appearance in­
invited
A. RICE, C. C.
dicated that be believed in the adage
O. C. W aldvoocl , Clerk.
that only a rich man can afford to
ook shabby.
i. o. o. r
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PROFESSIONAL.
Dr. H. I_i- Houston,
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON
Offioe over Drug Store. Hours. 9 to 12,
a.m. 1.30 to 4, pm.; 7 to 8 in the evening.
Night calls answered from offioe.
....
BANDON,
OREGON
Dr. 8. L. Perkins,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
BANDON, OREGON.
Office at residence on Fourth Street.
Dr. D. L. STEELE
Resident Dentist
OFFICI OVBB FÜRNITUBK 8TOB1.
OREGON.
BANDON,
GEO.
P. TOPPING,
ATTORNEY hid COUNBELOR AT LAW
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Fire Insurance.
Bandon. - -
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Oregon.
BA.RROW
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Notary Public
First-olasa reference«
Fifteen Yesie Ex­
perience.
CoqniLLi,
O bboon .
O- T- Blumenrother
V. 8. Commissioner and Notary Public.
Filing! nod Final proofs made on Home
■tenda. Timber Claim« and other U. H. Lands
Money Loans Negotiated on Approved
Security.
Office in room 10 Beyerle Building, Ban­
don. Keaidence on Butte Creek, Oregon.
Real Retate bought and Sold.
The W. R. Haines Music Co.
Marshfield, will refund all expense of
transportation, including a days’stop
at Marshfield, to anyone purchasing a
piano, coming from the following
places or tributary thereto: Langlois,
Bandon, Coquille and Myrtle Point.
Have several different makes of all
styles aud finish. We carry piano
players, pipe aud reed organs, talking
machines and a full line of sheet
music and musical merchandise, also
Domestic sewing machines. Easy
payments.
BOOTS
SHOES
You Can’t Expect to Get
Worth for $1, But
You Can
Get
Your
MONEY’S WORTH at
M. BREUER’S
Dealer in
Boot« and Shoes
Repairing neatly and promptly done at
lowest living prioes.
He said be bad beeo told that the
newspaper mao bad tx>en io the office
the day before, and that be did not
know of any other reporter who bar Have Good Meeting at Myrtle
beeo there So suspicion» and ex­
Point Next Meeting at
asperated was be that be gave in­
Bandon.
struction that bis heretofore news­
The fifteenth nnnuul reunion of
paper friend should not be admitted
the
Coo* and Curry County Histor­
to bis office again.
This was a nuisance to the latter, ical society was held in Dixon's grove
as Mr Sage was al that time still io last Friday, and was largely attended
active power in Wall street There by pioueers aud Ibeir families. Htid a
porter was kept out of the office for very interesting program was given.
After the visiting delegation bad
two years, until one day Mr. Sage
beeo
met at the tram ami escorted to
bad told him the story bad leached
the paper that bad printed it. Another the grove by the baud, boys’ squad
aud committees the program was
reporter bad bappend Io visit I be
opened with music by the band.
office for a few minutes and hsc
The invocation whs given l>y Rev.
noticed the chickens.
W. F. Rogers and the young ladies
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Pioneers’ Reunion_w_
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of Russell Sage.
Stated communication« first Satur­
day after the full moon of each month
All Master Masons cordially invited,
G boak , w m
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THE WATER IS FINE AT
choir gave one of their pleasing se­
Before the bomb explosion that
lections.
nearly cost Mr. Sage his life, it WHK
The address of welcome was given
comparatively easy for strangers to
by D, J. Lowe of Bandou, president
reach him and converse with him
of the society, who did bis part well
After that event, in which the crank
toward making the guests feel at
bomb-thrower, Norcross, was blown
home.
to pieces, bars and gratings were put
Judge C. A. Seblbrede of Marsh­
up in the Sage office, and no one who
field, candidate for the republican
could not fully explain his business
nomination tor governor at this
had any chance of getting in. Wall
spring's primaries, gave the principal
Daily for years Mr. Sage used to
street got to calling the office “Sage.s
address of the renuion. He compared
go to his Wall street office to the
bomb-proof.”
the country as it ib with what it was
Western Union bnilding at 195
That
Mrs.
Sage
was
not
in
her
bos
Broadway, to partake of the free
and gave the pioneers great credit for
unch that was served to the company band's confidence as to money matters opening up such a fruitful territory
.««Kft.ft.'ttK** «* í xs^>'.
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by its directors. Ooce a newspaper is further illustrated by several stories to settlement.
At the close of the judge's address
man followed him there to try to ob­ that are related by persons who know
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tain an interview on an important the family affairs. Sage gave $5(MX) there was a vocal selection by the
financial matter. Mr. Sage showed to the San Francisco sufferers' fund, choir aud a drill by company Q of
that be did not want to talk abont it. and Wall afreet stared and gasped. the guard bouse squad.
Adjournment was tbeu taken for
He boarded a Broadway car down It was a vast fortune for Sage to give
town, and the persistent, still hopefnl away without a possible chance of re­ the noon day meal. A bountiful bas­
of a talk, followed. The conductor turn. That night Henry Clews, who ket dinner bad been spread by the
came round and asked for fares. Mr. ived next door to the Sages, at 634 adies and the members of the society
Sage never budged. The conductor ¡fifth Avenue, thought be ought to and their guests found abundant en­
was getting impatient, and it was tell Mrs. Ssge what her husband bad tertainment at the table while the
meal was in progress.
evident that some one would have to done for charity.
* *
Clews
stepped
into
the
Sage
house
After dinner the crowds were en
pay. The reporter bad fished up a
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nickle for himself, but he dived into and gleefully reported to Mrs. Sage tertained by Prof. A. H. Gallou of
The Ladies are Invited to Call.
lis pocket again, so no one was put the news. “He only gave $5000?” North Bend, with bis performing dog.
off the car. Mr, Sage, brightening said Mrs. Sage in surprise. “He The animal showed remarkable in­
np perceptibly, said, “thank yon,” but ought to have giveo $100,000,” she telligence and went through bis
did not offer to reimburse for the fare. added in a regretful way. It was ex­ courses with apparent pleasure.
Bandon,
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Oregon.
When the meeting had been called
The reporter got bis reward however, plained to her by Clews that Wall
ay
rain and
ill eeds
in the sougbt-for interview.
street thought it was a lot of money to order again President Lowe a pio­
always on band.
lor her husband to give away and neer of ‘56 and veteran of the Mex
Ooce again this newspaper man
that the financial men al) rejoiced ican war, entertained with his early
encountered Mr. Sage at the corner
that be bad shown tendencies toward experiences.
D. P. STRANG, Jr.
A. E. HA DS ALL,
of Broadway and Cortland streets on
Rev. T. P. Haynes of Gravel Ford,
charity.
Practical Surveyor.
his way to the elevated railroad sta­
who first saw this country 25 or 30
tion, homeward bound. A newsboy
One of Sage's idiosyncrasies in re
years ago, when be taught scboo',
lad proffered bis evening papers, and gsrd to the expenditure of money was
It you want a home in Oregon, investigate onr offerings.
turned bis pioneer days into comedy
Mr. Sage bad taken one. He offered to borrow newspapers when he could,
We have Timber and Goal Lands, Farm and Dairy Lands, Stock Ranches and
to the great delight of bis bearers. He
a dime. The boy conld not change t is related of him that he would
CITY PROPERTY.
spoke of the whole sonled cleverness
it, and was trying to secure oents stand on a street corner searching
If
you
wish
to
bny,
sell or exchange, cull on us and we will give you good
of the pioneers as he found them. The
tom nearby banana and peanut ped through bis pockets in the hope of
service. Homesteaders located on Desirable Government Land.
atcb siring was always out and the
dlers. Mr. Sage was keeping a watch­ finding a cent, so that be would not
door never locked.
40 good level LOTS in WOODLAND ADDI TION, close in mid cheap for cash.
ful eye upon him all the time. Said have to break a nickle. This occurred
I
LOT» in WOOLEN MILL ADDITION.
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M. G. Pohl, a pioneer of ‘59 gave a
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price, according to location .................................. Fin I
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the reporter to the aged financial mag only when he bad to get the paper
brief account of things as be found
nate, “I'll treat you.”
quick and saw no way of getting biB
them on the Coquille, aud Jonathan
Stock ranch of 520 acres; good buildings mid other improvements. $5 per acre.
“Thank you, thank yon," said Mr. information from somebody's else
We have dairy ranches, city residence property and acreage property within city
Quick, ‘74, followed with bis early day
Sage, and calling loudly, "Boy! Boy!” paper. He would twist the nickel
limits.
reminiscences.
BANDON OH,
le summoned back bis dime, and, as about in biR fingers and part with il
T. M. Hermann, ‘59 told of bis trip Office in EIBornd® Bldg
smiles overspread his face, the re- regretfully, if be could not turn out a
by pack train from Port Orford and
porter banded over a cent for the penny from bis pockets, and, grab­
of
his pleasure at meeting Russell
paper. It used to be a standing joke bing change aud paper, would look
as grim as though about to foreclose Dement, the first white buy be had
of this newspaper man that be had
a mortgage. Another of bis habits seen, also of iheir future experiences
“invested 6 cents in Russell Sage.”
in this respect was Io leave bis bouse at bunting.
every night and walk—be bated to
C. P. JENSEN, Master.
Orvil Dodge, editor of abe Coquille
Contrary to general Wall-street pay car fare as much as anything else
is New. is Strongly built, snd titled with Hit- latest improvement«, and will
opinion Mr. Sage was quite sensitive —to the Grand Union Hotel, where Sentinel, gave some interesting his­ This Steamer
give a regular H day service, for passengers and Ireight. between the
Coquille River. Oregon, and Han Francisco, Calif.
about newspaper stories reflecting on he would gather np the evening pa torical facts, regarding society mem­
person
the
tables
and
chairs
aud
use
bers.
gleaned
from
the
records
by
ELBERT DYER, Agent. Bandon. Oregon.
bis thrifty habits. The newspaper
the bote) reading room until he bad secretary E. W. Hermans; The first i
E. T. KRUSE, Managing Agent, 207 Front Street, San Francisco, California.
man who had invested 6 cents in him
read them all.
settlers of Cooa county were Patrick
bad a sample of this one day when be
and John Flanagan aud S. G. Wells
Correct Abstract» for any
was accused by Mr. Sage of having
who located on the bay in 1850. A.
part of C oom County fur
written a story which bad appeared
D.
Boone
and
Shad
Hudson
came
to
in one of the morning papers purport
ninhed on Pthort Notice.
the state in‘46 and ‘46. respectively,
ing to tell of a cock tight io Mr. Sage's
Prices Kight,
locating in Cooa in ‘77. R. C. Sum­
office. As a matter of fact, some cbick-
COQUILLE, - - - OREGON
mers settled herein ‘51. H. H. Bald
eos crated, bad come to the office the
win came io ‘52 aud from him Dr.
day before, addressed to a clerk of
Hermann
secured the homestead on
Mr. Sage's who lived in the country,' C F. WHIPPLE has opened an
and the story told how they had ea- «p-to-dste Photograph Studio near the South Fork on which T. M.
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caped and how two rooaters bad the Rosa building aud is prepared to Hernianu now resides, the Hermanns
fought over heaps of bonds worth do all kinds of work in this line. Give comming in ‘59. R. C. Dement catnc
to the state io ‘52 and here in ,53
millions of dollars.
him a call.
I’ortlHiitl and Eureka
Barnard Masteis came to tLe state iu
It also told how Mr. Sage bad
‘52 and here in 81. The first baby boy |
reached the office after the fight and
born in the county was W. W. Phil
L. W. SHAW, Agent,
bad wanted to know all the particulars
GEO. D. OKAY A CO., Geni Agts.
Marshfield, Phone 441.
lips, in 1855, and the same year the
421 Market. Ht. Han Francisco.
and which bird bad won, and bow
first girl baby was born. Miss Lowe,
be bad searched about his office and
now Mrs. Walcott, of Marshfield.
found a fresh laid egg in his waste
Thirteen people located in Coos I
paper basket, which be bad carefully
county
in 1853. Beven in ‘54; eight in
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wrapped up for bis breakfast next
The New Drn( Store 1« Now Ready for Business. Everythin« New and Fresh.
•56; uine in‘57; five iu ‘58; fourteen
morning The newspaper man tried
in‘59 and eighty-two io 60. These
to convince Mr. Sage that be could
data had been prepared by secretary
BANDON
not have written the story, as it bad
Ltçe
ro. mi. 25 sod flOe a night; t< ?A Hermann, who had not got beyond
appeared in a paper that did not em­
•60 with hie figures.
i «ilk, 85.00 b month.
ploy him; but Mr. Sag® woold bfive
Fine line of Fancy Oandiee.
Imported and Domestic Cigar«,
D|n Gilts who came to the state in |
BANDON
New Goods
Just In
Dry Goods
Ladies Fine Shoes
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Drugs and Druggist's Sundries« Patent Medicines,
Brushes and Toilet Articles, Fancy Stationery,
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